4 When this breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.
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Psalm 104:29
When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Job 10:9
Remember that you have made me like clay;
and will you return me to the dust?
Job 34:14–15
If he should set his heart to it
and gather to himself his spirit and his breath,
all flesh would perish together,
and man would return to dust.
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