Genesis 3:19

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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 does a man gain from all of the work that he undertakes on earth?

The thief must no longer steal but must work hard and do what is good with his own hands, so that he might earn something to give to the needy.

Brothers, you remember our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not become a burden to any of you while we proclaimed the gospel of God to you.

While we were with you, we gave this order: "If anyone doesn't want to work, he shouldn't eat."

For dust

So the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being.

Abraham answered, "Look, even though I am only dust and ashes, I've ventured to speak to my LORD.

And

"I am an alien and an outsider among you. Give me a cemetery among you where I can bury my dead away from my presence."

"If my hope were that my house is the afterlife itself, if I were to make my bed in darkness,

Even after my skin has been destroyed, clothed in my flesh I will see God,

They both lie down in the dust; and worms cover them."

every living thing would die all at once, and mankind would return to dust."

My strength is dried up like broken pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you have brought me down to the dust of death.

When you withdraw your favor, they are disappointed; Take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.

Whoever wanders from the path of understanding will end up where the dead are gathered.

All of them go to one place: all of them originate from dust, and all of them return to dust.

then man's dust will go back to the earth, returning to what it was, and the spirit will return to the God who gave it.

Many of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will awaken some to life everlasting, and some to disgrace and everlasting contempt.

Just as sin entered the world through one man, and death resulted from sin, therefore everyone dies, because everyone has sinned.

For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man.

General references

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

every living thing would die all at once, and mankind would return to dust."

People go out to their work and labor until evening.

I have observed the burdens placed by God on human beings in order to perfect them.