Ecclesiastes 12:7

New Living Translation

For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham spoke again. “Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.

Genesis 2:7

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

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.”

Job 20:11

Though they are young, their bones will lie in the dust.

Job 7:21

Why not just forgive my sin and take away my guilt? For soon I will lie down in the dust and die. When you look for me, I will be gone.”

Psalm 103:14

For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.

Psalm 104:29

But if you turn away from them, they panic. When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust.

Psalm 146:4

When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.

Psalm 31:6

I hate those who worship worthless idols. I trust in the Lord.

Psalm 90:3

You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals!”

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not fight against you forever; I will not always be angry. If I were, all people would pass away— all the souls I have made.

Jeremiah 38:16

So King Zedekiah secretly promised him, “As surely as the Lord our Creator lives, I will not kill you or hand you over to the men who want you dead.”

Daniel 12:2

Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace.

Zechariah 12:1

This message concerning the fate of Israel came from the Lord: “This message is from the Lord, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and formed the human spirit.

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground. “O God,” they pleaded, “you are the God who gives breath to all creatures. Must you be angry with all the people when only one man sins?”

Numbers 27:16

“O Lord, you are the God who gives breath to all creatures. Please appoint a new man as leader for the community.

Luke 23:46

Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” And with those words he breathed his last.

Acts 7:59

As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

Hebrews 12:23

You have come to the assembly of God’s firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God himself, who is the judge over all things. You have come to the spirits of the righteous ones in heaven who have now been made perfect.

Hebrews 12:9

Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?