before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Cross References Luke 23:46 Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, "Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit." And when He had said this, He breathed His last. Acts 7:59 While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground--because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return." Numbers 16:22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?" Numbers 27:16 "May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation Job 34:14 If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath, Job 34:15 all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust. Psalm 103:14 For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. Psalm 104:29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. Psalm 146:4 When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish. Ecclesiastes 3:20 All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth? Isaiah 57:16 For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made. Zechariah 12:1 This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him: Treasury of Scripture Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God who gave it. dust Ecclesiastes 3:20 Genesis 3:19 Genesis 18:27 the spirit Ecclesiastes 3:21 God Genesis 2:7 Numbers 16:22 Numbers 27:16 |