Ecclesiastes 12:7

Modern King James Version

then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to Jehovah, who am but dust and ashes.

Genesis 2:7

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

Job 20:11

His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it lies down with him in the dust.

Job 7:21

And why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust, and You shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

Psalm 103:14

For He knows our form; He remembers that we are dust.

Psalm 104:29

You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

Psalm 146:4

His breath goes forth; he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Psalm 31:6

I have hated those who take heed to lying vanities; but I trust in Jehovah.

Psalm 90:3

You turn man to dust, and say, Return, sons of men.

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend forever, nor will I be always angry; for the spirit should fail before Me, and the souls I have made.

Jeremiah 38:16

Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.

Daniel 12:2

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the Word of Jehovah for Israel, says Jehovah, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.

Numbers 16:22

And they fell upon their faces and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin and will You be angry with all the congregation?

Numbers 27:16

Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation

Luke 23:46

And crying with a loud voice, Jesus said, Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit. And when He had said this, He breathed out the spirit.

Acts 7:59

And they stoned Stephen, who was calling on God and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Hebrews 12:23

to the general assembly and church of the first-born who are written in Heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?