Job 21:33
“The [dirt] clods of the valley are sweet to him [and gently cover him],
Moreover, all men will follow after him [to a grave],
While countless ones go before him.
Job 30:23
“For I know that You will bring me to death
And to the house of meeting [appointed] for all the living.
Hebrews 9:27
And just as it is appointed and destined for all men to die once and after this [comes certain] judgment,
Genesis 3:19
“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
Job 3:17-19
“There [in death] the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.
Job 3:22
Who rejoice exceedingly,
And rejoice when they find the grave?
Job 17:16
“Will my hope go down with me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)?
Shall we go down together in the dust?”
Job 24:24
“They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone;
Moreover, they are brought low and like everything [they are] gathered up and taken out of the way;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation goes and another generation comes,
But the earth remains forever.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man who has power and authority over the wind to restrain the wind,
Nor does he have authority over the day of death;
There is no discharge [from service] during time of war,
And evil will not rescue those who [actively seek to] practice it.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
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.
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“There [in death] the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.
Every man
“For I know that You will bring me to death
And to the house of meeting [appointed] for all the living.
“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
One generation goes and another generation comes,
But the earth remains forever.
There is no man who has power and authority over the wind to restrain the wind,
Nor does he have authority over the day of death;
There is no discharge [from service] during time of war,
And evil will not rescue those who [actively seek to] practice it.