Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Animals » Perish at death
Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
Bible stories for children » David the giant killer 1sa 17 » The most wonderful house in the world
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain; In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see; When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low; read more.
And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets; Before ever the silver cord is cut, or the vessel of gold is broken, or the pot is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the water-hole; And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets; Before ever the silver cord is cut, or the vessel of gold is broken, or the pot is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the water-hole; And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
Corruption » Physical decomposition » After death
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.
For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.
If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.
I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction.
And about his coming back from the dead, never again to go to destruction, he has said these words, I will give you the holy and certain mercies of David. Because he says in another Psalm, You will not let your Holy One see destruction. Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction: read more.
But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.
But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.
So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life:
Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.
Dust » Man made from
And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.
And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:
O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?
Immortality » Of the soul
But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
Verse Concepts
And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.
Man » The spirit of man
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves; For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.
The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.
The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?
Man's » Immortality » Of the soul
But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
Verse Concepts
And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.
Select readings » Old age
Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain; In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see; read more.
When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low; And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets; Before ever the silver cord is cut, or the vessel of gold is broken, or the pot is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the water-hole; And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low; And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets; Before ever the silver cord is cut, or the vessel of gold is broken, or the pot is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the water-hole; And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
Soul » Immortal
But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
Verse Concepts
And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.
Spirit/souls » The spirit of man
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves; For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.
The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.
The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?