Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who really knows whether the breath of life of human beings goes up above, and the breath of life of animals goes down below to the earth?
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20They all end up in the same place—they all came from dust, and they all return to dust.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7Then the dust returns to the earth from which it came, and the breath of life returns to God who gave it.
John 14:3Once I've gone and prepared a place for you, I will come again and take you back with me, so that you can be there with me too.
2 Corinthians 5:1We know that when this earthly “tent” we live in is taken down, we have a house prepared by God, not made by human hands. It is eternal and is in heaven.
Philippians 1:23For I'm in a dilemma—I really want to leave and be with Christ, which would be far 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 →