Ecclesiastes 3:21

New Living Translation

For who can prove that the human spirit goes up and the spirit of animals goes down into the earth?

Cross References

Job 14:10

“But when people die, their strength is gone. They breathe their last, and then where are they?

Ecclesiastes 12:7

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

John 14:3

When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.

Acts 1:25

as an apostle to replace Judas in this ministry, for he has deserted us and gone where he belongs.”

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.

2 Corinthians 5:8

Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord.

Deuteronomy 28:13

If you listen to these commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom.

Philippians 1:23

I’m torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me.