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, LORD, you established me as a strong mountain; Then you hid your face, and I was dismayed.
Job 13:24
Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
Job 34:29
"If he remains silent, who will condemn him? If he conceals his face, who can see him? He watches over both nation and individual alike,
Romans 8:20
because the creation has become subject to futility, though not by anything it did. The one who subjected it did so in the certainty

Thou takest

Psalm 146:4
When they stop breathing, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans evaporate!
Job 34:14
If he were to decide to do so, that is, to take back to himself his spirit and breath of life,
Ecclesiastes 12:7
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.
Acts 17:25
and he isn't served by people as if he needed anything. He himself gives everyone life, breath, and everything else.

Return

Psalm 90:3
You return people to dust merely by saying, "Return, you mortals!"
Genesis 3:19
You will eat food by the sweat of your brow until you're buried in the ground, because you were taken from it. You're made from dust and you'll return to dust."

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