Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Animals » Nature of
Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.
I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals. For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity. All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again. read more.
Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?"
Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?"
Corruption » Physical decomposition » After death
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' to the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.
he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.
"Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.' Therefore he says also in another psalm, 'You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.' For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay. read more.
But he whom God raised up saw no decay.
But he whom God raised up saw no decay.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.
Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
Dust » Man made from
Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?
Man » Mortal
Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness -- and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all. Then I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.