Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
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20All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:7And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
John 14:3And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.
Philippians 1:23I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:17-22
Immutability of God's Counsel; The Extent of Mortality. 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 For that which befalleth the… Read the whole commentary →