Cross references

Ecclesiastes 3:20

All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

Ecclesiastes 3:20 BSB

Ecclesiastes 3:20 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 3:19 (9 votes) and Job 34:15 (7 votes). 9 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Genesis 2 to Hebrews 9.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 3:20 point to?

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  1. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

  2. Job 34:157 votes

    all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

  3. before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

  4. After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;

  5. Job 7:93 votes

    As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

  6. Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust? Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?

  7. When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

  8. Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

  9. even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

  10. Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

  11. Job 17:132 votes
  12. Job 30:241 vote

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 3:20?

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