Ecclesiastes 3:20

God's Mysterious Plan Allows Injustice To Exist In The World

¹⁹ For the [earthly] fate of the sons of men and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no preeminence or advantage for man [in and of himself] over an animal, for all is vanity. ²⁰ All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust. ²¹ Who knows if the spirit of man ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth?

All Return to Dust

Return to Dust

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 34:15

All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham breathed his last and he died at a good old age, an old man who was satisfied [with life]; and he was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].

Genesis 25:17

Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years; then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].

Numbers 27:13

When you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people [in death], just as Aaron your brother was gathered;

Job 7:9

“As a cloud vanishes and is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) does not come up.

Job 10:9-10

‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
So will You turn me into dust again?

Job 17:13

“But if I look to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) as my home,
If I make my bed in the darkness,

Job 30:24

“However, does not one falling in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand?
Or in his disaster [will he not] therefore cry out for help?

Psalm 49:14

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
Death will be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form and beauty shall be for Sheol to consume,
So that they have no dwelling [on earth].

Psalm 104:29

You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their breath, they die
And return to their dust.

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who knows if the spirit of man ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth?

Ecclesiastes 6:6

Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice over and yet has seen no good and experienced no enjoyment—do not both go to one place [the grave]?”

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) where you are going.

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.

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake (resurrect), these to everlasting life, but some to disgrace and everlasting contempt (abhorrence).