Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of a beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
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20All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:7and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return to God who gave it.
John 14:3and when I have gone away and prepared a place for you, I will come again, and will take you to myself; that where I am, ye also may be.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that, if our earthly tent-habitation be destroyed, we have a building provided by God, a house not made with hands, everlasting, in the heavens.
Philippians 1:23but I am held in a strait by the two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; for it is 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 →