Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Animals » Perish at death
For no one knows [whether] the spirit of a human ascends [to heaven] and [whether] the spirit of the beast descends to the ground!
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
Bible stories for children » David the giant killer 1sa 17 » The most wonderful house in the world
Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars darken and the clouds return after the rain. When the guards of the house tremble, and the men of strength are bent; the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows see dimly. When the doors on the street are shut, when the sound of the grinding mill is low; one rises up to the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low. read more.
They are afraid of heights, and terrors [are] on the road. The almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper draws itself along, and desire fails because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets. Before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is broken; and the jar at the foundation is broken, and the wheel at the cistern is broken. And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
They are afraid of heights, and terrors [are] on the road. The almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper draws itself along, and desire fails because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets. Before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is broken; and the jar at the foundation is broken, and the wheel at the cistern is broken. And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
Corruption » Physical decomposition » After death
By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, until your return to the ground. For from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
[if] I call to the pit, 'You [are] my father,' to the maggot, '[You are] my mother or my sister,'
for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol; you will not give your faithful one to see [the] grave.
because you will not abandon my soul in Hades, nor will you permit your Holy One to experience decay.
You hide your face, they are terrified. You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
I went down to the foundations of [the] mountains; the Underworld--its bars [were] around me forever. But you brought up my life from [the] pit, Yahweh my God.
[by] having foreseen [this], he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he abandoned in Hades nor did his flesh experience decay.
But that he has raised him from the dead, no more going to return to decay, he has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the reliable divine decrees of David.' Therefore he also says in another [psalm], 'You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.' For David, [after] serving the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and {was buried with} his fathers, and experienced decay. read more.
But he whom God raised up did not experience decay.
But he whom God raised up did not experience decay.
Thus also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.
But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruptibility.
Dust » Man made from
when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, until your return to the ground. For from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
For he knows our frame. He remembers that we [are] dust.
Then Abraham answered and said, "Look, please, I was bold to speak to my Lord, but I [am] dust and ashes.
Please remember that you made me like clay, but you turn me into dust [again]?
Immortality » Of the soul
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but instead be afraid of the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Verse Concepts
And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] a thousand years.
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
But whenever this perishable [body] puts on incorruptibility and this mortal [body] puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: "Death is swallowed up in victory.
Man » The spirit of man
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit [who is] in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God with your body.
The lamp of Yahweh [is] the spirit of humankind, he who searches every {innermost part}.
The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but a broken spirit, who may bear it?
Man's » Immortality » Of the soul
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but instead be afraid of the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Verse Concepts
And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] a thousand years.
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
But whenever this perishable [body] puts on incorruptibility and this mortal [body] puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: "Death is swallowed up in victory.
Select readings » Old age
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth-- before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them!" Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars darken and the clouds return after the rain. When the guards of the house tremble, and the men of strength are bent; the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows see dimly. read more.
When the doors on the street are shut, when the sound of the grinding mill is low; one rises up to the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low. They are afraid of heights, and terrors [are] on the road. The almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper draws itself along, and desire fails because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets. Before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is broken; and the jar at the foundation is broken, and the wheel at the cistern is broken. And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
When the doors on the street are shut, when the sound of the grinding mill is low; one rises up to the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low. They are afraid of heights, and terrors [are] on the road. The almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper draws itself along, and desire fails because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets. Before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is broken; and the jar at the foundation is broken, and the wheel at the cistern is broken. And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
Soul » Immortal
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but instead be afraid of the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Verse Concepts
And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] a thousand years.
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
But whenever this perishable [body] puts on incorruptibility and this mortal [body] puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: "Death is swallowed up in victory.
Spirit/souls » The spirit of man
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit [who is] in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God with your body.
The lamp of Yahweh [is] the spirit of humankind, he who searches every {innermost part}.
The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but a broken spirit, who may bear it?