Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Hidest

Psalm 30:7
Thou, LORD, of thy favor had made my mountain to stand strong. Thou hid thy face; I was troubled.
Job 13:24
Why do thou hide thy face, and reckon me for thine enemy?
Job 34:29
When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hides his face, who then can behold him? [It is] the same whether to a nation, or to a man,
Romans 8:20
For the creation was made subject to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it in hope.

Thou takest

Psalm 146:4
His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth. In that very day his thoughts perish.
Job 34:14
If he sets his heart upon himself, [if] he gathers his spirit and his breath to himself,
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Acts 17:25
nor is he served by the hands of men, as needing anything, since he himself gives to all life, and breath, with all things.

Return

Psalm 90:3
Thou turn man to destruction, and say, Return, ye sons of men.
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face thou shall eat bread, till thou return to the ground, for out of it thou were taken. For thou are dust, and to dust thou shall return.