Psalm 146:4

When they stop breathing, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans evaporate!

Psalm 104:29

When you withdraw your favor, they are disappointed; Take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.

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.

Genesis 2:7

So the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being.

1 Corinthians 2:6

However, when we are among mature people, we do speak a message of wisdom, but not the wisdom of this world or of the rulers of this world, who are passing off the scene.

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."

Genesis 6:17

"For my part, I'm about to flood the earth with water and destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.

Job 14:21

"If his children are honored, he doesn't know it; if they become insignificant, he never perceives it.

Job 17:1

"My spirit is crushed, my days are over; it's the grave for me!

Job 17:11

My days are passed; my plans have been shattered; along with my heart's desires.

Psalm 33:10

The LORD makes void the counsel of nations; he frustrates the plans of nations.

Psalm 90:3

You return people to dust merely by saying, "Return, you mortals!"

Isaiah 2:22

"Stop trusting in human beings, whose life breath is in their nostrils, for what are they really worth?"

Lamentations 4:20

The LORD's anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. About him we had said, "Under his protection we will survive among the nations."

Daniel 5:23

"You've exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. "You've had the vessels from his Temple brought into your presence. "And you, your officials, and your wives and mistresses drank wine from them. "You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which can't see, hear, or demonstrate knowledge. "But you didn't honor God, who holds in his power your very life and all your ways.

Job 14:10

"But when a person dies and wastes away, when a person breathes his last, where will he be?

Job 27:3

As long as I can breathe; as long as God's breath is in my nostrils,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

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Bible References

His breath

Psalm 104:29
When you withdraw your favor, they are disappointed; Take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.
Genesis 2:7
So the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 6:17
"For my part, I'm about to flood the earth with water and destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
Job 14:10
"But when a person dies and wastes away, when a person breathes his last, where will he be?
Job 17:1
"My spirit is crushed, my days are over; it's the grave for me!
Job 27:3
As long as I can breathe; as long as God's breath is in my nostrils,
Daniel 5:23
"You've exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. "You've had the vessels from his Temple brought into your presence. "And you, your officials, and your wives and mistresses drank wine from them. "You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which can't see, hear, or demonstrate knowledge. "But you didn't honor God, who holds in his power your very life and all your ways.

He returneth

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."
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.

His thoughts

Job 14:21
"If his children are honored, he doesn't know it; if they become insignificant, he never perceives it.
Job 17:11
My days are passed; my plans have been shattered; along with my heart's desires.
Isaiah 2:22
"Stop trusting in human beings, whose life breath is in their nostrils, for what are they really worth?"
Lamentations 4:20
The LORD's anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. About him we had said, "Under his protection we will survive among the nations."
1 Corinthians 2:6
However, when we are among mature people, we do speak a message of wisdom, but not the wisdom of this world or of the rulers of this world, who are passing off the scene.

General references

Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked person dies, his hope vanishes; and what he expected from his scheming comes to nothing.

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