Psalm 146:4

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

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.”

Genesis 6:17

I am going to bring a flood on the earth. It will destroy all life under the sky. It will destroy every living creature that breathes. Everything on earth will die.

Job 14:10

No man is like that. When he dies, he is buried in a grave. He takes his last breath. Then he is gone.

Job 14:21

If their children are honored, they don’t even know it. If their children are dishonored, they don’t even see it.

Job 17:1

My strength is almost gone. I won’t live much longer. A grave is waiting for me.

Job 17:11

My life is almost over. My plans are destroyed. Yet the desires of my heart

Job 27:3

As long as I have life and God gives me breath,

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 33:10

The Lord blocks the sinful plans of the nations. He keeps them from doing what they want to do.

Psalm 90:3

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

Ecclesiastes 12:7

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

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love, hate and jealousy disappear. They will never share again in anything that happens on earth.

Isaiah 2:22

Stop trusting in mere human beings, who can’t help you. They only live for a little while. What good are they?

Lamentations 4:20

Zedekiah, the Lord’s anointed king, was our last hope. But he was caught in their traps. We thought he would keep us safe. We expected to continue living among the nations.

Daniel 5:23

You have taken your stand against the Lord of heaven. You had your servants bring cups from his temple to you. You and your nobles drank wine from them. So did your wives and concubines. You praised your gods. The statues of those gods are made out of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood or stone. They can’t see or hear or understand anything. But you didn’t honor God. He holds in his hand your very life and everything you do.

1 Corinthians 2:6

The words we speak to those who have grown in the faith are wise. Our words are different from the wisdom of this world. Our words are different from those of the rulers of this world. These rulers are becoming less and less powerful.