Psalm 90:3
You turn man back to dust,
And say, “Return [to the earth], O children of [mortal] men!”
Genesis 3:19
“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
Job 34:14-15
“If God should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself [that is, withdraw from man] His [life-giving] spirit and His breath,
Psalm 104:29
You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their breath, they die
And return to their dust.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
then the dust [out of which God made man’s body] will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
Genesis 6:6-7
The Lord
Numbers 14:35
I, the Lord, have spoken. I will most certainly do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed [by war, disease, and plagues], and here they shall die.’”
Job 12:10
In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?
Psalm 146:4
When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou
General references
Bible References
Thou
You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their breath, they die
And return to their dust.
When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.
“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?
“If God should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself [that is, withdraw from man] His [life-giving] spirit and His breath,
General references
‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal,
Are Your years as man’s years,