Genesis 3:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

In

For dust

Genesis 2:7

Genesis 18:27

And

General references

Bible References

In

What advantage does man have from all his work
Which he does under the sun (while earthbound)?

The thief [who has become a believer] must no longer steal, but instead he must work hard [making an honest living], producing that which is good with his own hands, so that he will have something to share with those in need.

For you remember, believers, our labor and hardship. We worked night and day [practicing our trade] in order not to be a [financial] burden to any of you while we proclaimed the gospel of God to you.

For even while we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.

For dust

then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].

Abraham answered, “Now behold, I who am but dust [in origin] and ashes have decided to speak to the Lord.

And

“I am a stranger and a sojourner (resident alien) among you; give (sell) me property for a burial place among you so that I may bury my dead [in the proper manner].”

“But if I look to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) as my home,
If I make my bed in the darkness,

“Even after my [mortal] skin is destroyed [by death],
Yet from my [immortal] flesh I will see God,

“Together they lie down in the dust,
And the worms cover them.

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

My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have laid me in the dust of death.

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

A man who wanders from the way of understanding (godly wisdom)
Will remain in the assembly of the dead.

All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.

then the dust [out of which God made man’s body] will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake (resurrect), these to everlasting life, but some to disgrace and everlasting contempt (abhorrence).

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all people [no one being able to stop it or escape its power], because they all sinned.

For since [it was] by a man that death came [into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection of the dead has come.

General references

After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah to the east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

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

Man goes out to his work
And remains at his labor until evening.

I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.