Ecclesiastes 12:7

New Century Version

You will turn back into the dust of the earth again, but your spirit will return to God who gave it.

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham said, “Though I am only dust and ashes, I have been brave to speak to the Lord.

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and formed a man from it. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living person.

Genesis 3:19

You will sweat and work hard for your food. Later you will return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and when you die, you will return to the dust.”

Job 20:11

They had the strength of their youth in their bones, but it will lie with them in the dust of death.

Job 7:21

Why don’t you pardon my wrongs and forgive my sins? I will soon lie down in the dust of death. Then you will search for me, but I will be no more.”

Psalm 103:14

He knows how we were made; he remembers that we are dust.

Psalm 104:29

When you turn away from them, they become frightened. When you take away their breath, they die and turn to dust.

Psalm 146:4

When people die, they are buried. Then all of their plans come to an end.

Psalm 31:6

I hate those who worship false gods. I trust only in the Lord.

Psalm 90:3

You turn people back into dust. You say, “Go back into dust, human beings.”

Isaiah 57:16

I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, because then human life would grow weak. Human beings, whom I created, would die.

Jeremiah 38:16

But King Zedekiah made a secret promise to Jeremiah, “As surely as the Lord lives who has given us breath and life, I will not kill you. And I promise not to hand you over to the officers who want to kill you.”

Daniel 12:2

Many people who have already died will live again. Some of them will wake up to have life forever, but some will wake up to find shame and disgrace forever.

Zechariah 12:1

This message is the word of the Lord to Israel. This is what the Lord says, who stretched out the skies, and laid the foundations of the earth, and put the human spirit within:

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron bowed facedown and cried out, “God, you are the God over the spirits of all people. Please don’t be angry with this whole group. Only one man has really sinned.”

Numbers 27:16

“The Lord is the God of the spirits of all people. May he choose a leader for these people,

Luke 23:46

Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father, I give you my life.” After Jesus said this, he died.

Acts 7:59

While they were throwing stones, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

Hebrews 12:23

You have come to the meeting of God’s firstborn children whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all people, and to the spirits of good people who have been made perfect.

Hebrews 12:9

We have all had fathers here on earth who disciplined us, and we respected them. So it is even more important that we accept discipline from the Father of our spirits so we will have life.