Ecclesiastes 12:7

New International Reader's Version

Remember your Creator before you return to the dust you came from. Remember him before your spirit goes back to God who gave it.

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham spoke up again. He said, “I have been very bold to speak to the Lord. After all, I’m only dust and ashes.

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed a man. He made him out of the dust of the ground. God breathed the breath of life into him. And the man became a living person.

Genesis 3:19

You will have to work hard and sweat a lot to produce the food you eat. You were made out of the ground. You will return to it when you die. You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

Job 20:11

They might feel young and very strong. But they will soon lie down in the dust of their graves.

Job 7:21

Why don’t you forgive the wrong things I’ve done? Why don’t you forgive me for my sins? I’ll soon lie down in the dust of my grave. You will search for me. But I’ll be gone.”

Psalm 103:14

He knows what we are made of. He remembers that we are dust.

Psalm 104:29

When you turn your face away from them, they are terrified. When you take away their breath, they die and turn back into dust.

Psalm 146:4

When they die, they return to the ground. On that day their plans come to nothing.

Psalm 31:6

I hate those who worship worthless statues of gods. But I trust in the Lord.

Psalm 90:3

You turn human beings back to dust. You say to them, “Return to dust.”

Isaiah 57:16

I will not find fault with my people forever. I will not always be angry with them. If I were, I would cause their spirits to grow weak. The people I created would faint away.

Jeremiah 38:16

But King Zedekiah promised Jeremiah secretly, “I won’t kill you. And I won’t hand you over to those who want to kill you. That’s just as sure as the Lord is alive. He’s the one who has given us breath.”

Daniel 12:2

Many people who lie dead in their graves will wake up. Some will rise up to life that will never end. Others will rise up to shame that will never end.

Zechariah 12:1

This is a prophecy. It is the Lord’s message about Israel. The Lord spreads out the heavens. He lays the foundation of the earth. He creates the human spirit within a person. He says,

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron fell with their faces to the ground. They cried out, “God, you are the God who gives life and breath to all living things. Will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?”

Numbers 27:16

“Lord, you are the God who gives life and breath to all living things. Please put someone in charge of this community.

Luke 23:46

Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my life.” After he said this, he took his last breath.

Acts 7:59

While the members of the Sanhedrin were throwing stones at Stephen, he prayed. “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit,” he said.

Hebrews 12:23

You have come to the church of God’s people. God’s first and only Son is over all things. God’s people share in what belongs to his Son. Their names are written in heaven. You have come to God, who is the Judge of all people. You have come to the spirits of godly people who have been made perfect.

Hebrews 12:9

Besides, we have all had human fathers who trained us. We respected them for it. How much more should we be trained by the Father of spirits and live!