21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-22)Solomon is still showing that every thing in this world, without piety and the fear of God, is vanity. Take away religion, and there is nothing valuable among men, nothing for the sake of which a wise man would think it worth while to live in this world. In these verses he shows that power (than which there is nothing men are more ambitious of) and life itself (than which there is nothing men are…
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