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
By your favor, O LORD, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed.
Job 13:24
Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy?
Job 34:29
When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or a man?--
Romans 8:20
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

Thou takest

Psalm 146:4
When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.
Job 34:14
If he should set his heart to it and gather to himself his spirit and his breath,
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 human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

Return

Psalm 90:3
You return man to dust and say, "Return, O children of man!"
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

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