Ecclesiastes 3:20

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

¹⁹ For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, and they have all one breath; and man hath no pre-eminence above the beast: for all is vanity. ²⁰ All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust. ²¹ Who knoweth the spirit of the children of men? Doth it go upwards? and the spirit of the beasts, doth it go downwards to the earth?

All Return to Dust

Return to Dust

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.

Job 34:15

All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust.

Genesis 25:8

And Abraham expired and died in a good old age, old and full of days; and was gathered to his peoples.

Genesis 25:17

And these are the years of the life of Ishmael: a hundred and thirty-seven years; and he expired and died, and was gathered to his peoples.

Numbers 27:13

And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy peoples, as Aaron thy brother was gathered,

Job 7:9

The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.

Job 10:9-10

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.

Job 17:13

If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness:

Job 30:24

Indeed, no prayer availeth when he stretcheth out his hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.

Psalm 49:14

Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.

Psalm 104:29

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust.

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who knoweth the spirit of the children of men? Doth it go upwards? and the spirit of the beasts, doth it go downwards to the earth?

Ecclesiastes 6:6

Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

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

Daniel 12:2

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.