Ecclesiastes 3:20

God's Mysterious Plan Allows Injustice To Exist In The World

¹⁹ For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity. ²⁰ All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust. ²¹ Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?

All Return to Dust

Return to Dust

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”

Job 34:15

All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.

Genesis 25:8

Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people.

Genesis 25:17

These are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

Numbers 27:13

When you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was;

Job 7:9

“When a cloud vanishes, it is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.

Job 10:9-10

‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again?

Job 17:13

“If I look for Sheol as my home,
I make my bed in the darkness;

Job 30:24

“Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help?

Psalm 49:14

As sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form shall be for Sheol to consume
So that they have no habitation.

Psalm 104:29

You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their spirit, they expire
And return to their dust.

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?

Ecclesiastes 6:6

Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not enjoy good things—do not all go to one place?”

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

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

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.