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 Jehovah, you made my mountain to stand strong. You hid your face and I was alarmed (dismayed).
Job 13:24
Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?
Job 34:29
If God decided to do nothing at all, no one could criticize him. If he hid his face (refused to assist), we would be helpless.
Romans 8:20
For the creation was subject to corruption, not by it's own will but by reason of the one who subjected it on the basis of hope.

Thou takest

Psalm 146:4
His spirit (Hebrew: ruach, breath, life) departs, he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish (come to an end).
Job 34:14
If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to himself his spirit and his breath,
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was. The spirit (life) will return to God who gave it.
Acts 17:25
Men's hands do not serve him as if he needed anything. He gives life and breath to all.

Return

Psalm 90:3
You turn men back into dust and say: Return, O sons of men!
Genesis 3:19
You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.