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Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV)

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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Genesis 2:7 - And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Genesis 3:19 - In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.
Genesis 18:27 - And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:
Numbers 16:22 - And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
Numbers 27:16 - Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Job 4:19 - How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?
Job 7:21 - And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].
Job 20:11 - His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Job 34:14 - If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
Job 34:15 - All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Psalms 31:6 - I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
Psalms 90:3 - Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Psalms 146:4 - His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Ecclesiastes 3:20 - All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Isaiah 57:16 - For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
Jeremiah 38:16 - So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, [As] the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
Daniel 12:2 - And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.
Zechariah 12:1 - The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
Hebrews 12:9 - Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Hebrews 12:23 - To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

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