Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Animals » Nature of
without understanding,
that must be controlled with bit and bridle
or else it will not come near you.
he is like the animals that perish.
I said to myself, "This happens concerning people, so that God may test them and they may see for themselves that they are like animals." For the fate of people and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals, for everything is futile. All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. read more.
Who knows if the spirit of people rises upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?
Who knows if the spirit of people rises upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?
Corruption » Physical decomposition » After death
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.
or allow Your Holy One to see decay.
they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!
But You raised my life
Seeing this in advance, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah:
He was not left in Hades,
and His flesh did not experience decay.
and His flesh did not experience decay.
Since He raised Him from the dead, never to return to decay, He has spoken in this way, I will grant you the faithful covenant blessings made to David. Therefore He also says in another passage, You will not allow Your Holy One to see decay. For David, after serving his own generation in God's plan, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and decayed. read more.
But the One whom God raised up did not decay.
But the One whom God raised up did not decay.
So it is with the resurrection of the dead:
Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption;
Brothers, I tell you this: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and corruption cannot inherit incorruption.
Dust » Man made from
Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
remembering that we are dust.
Then Abraham answered, “Since I have ventured to speak to the Lord—even though I am dust and ashes—
Will You now return me to dust?
Man » Mortal
And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man. For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
or a man more pure than his Maker?”
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both. So I said to myself, "What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise?" And I said to myself that this is also futile.