From Dust to Dust

Ecclesiastes 3

16 Moreover, j I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even k there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. 17 I said in my heart, l God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is m a time for every matter and for every work. 18 I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but n beasts. 19 o For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity. 20 All go to one place. All are from p the dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who knows whether q the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth? 22 So I saw that there is r nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for s that is his lot. Who can bring him to see t what will be after him?

  1. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 4:1
    Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
  2. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 5:8
    If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
    Ecclesiastes 4:1
    Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 16:27
    For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
    2 Corinthians 5:10
    For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
    Romans 2:6 - 11
    He will render to each one according to his works:
    2 Thessalonians 1:6 - 10
    Since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you.
  4. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 3:1
    For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
    Ecclesiastes 8:6
    For there is a time and a way for everything, although man's trouble lies heavy on him.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 49:12
    Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.
    Psalms 49:20
    Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
    Psalms 73:22
    I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.
  6. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 2:14
    The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them.
  7. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 12:7
    And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
    Genesis 3:19
    By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
  8. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 12:7
    And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
  9. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 2:24
    There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.
  10. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 2:10
    And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.
  11. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 2:19
    And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
    Ecclesiastes 6:12
    For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
    Ecclesiastes 8:7
    For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be?
    Ecclesiastes 10:14
    A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
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