Ecc 12:7-8, 13-14, Isa 24:1-2, 40:6-8, Jam 4:13-16, 1Pe 1:24 | ESV | STEP | and the dust returns to the earth as it was , and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 12:7-8

7 and ^athe dust returns to the earth as it was, and ^bthe spirit returns to God ^cwho gave it. 8 ^dVanity ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (three times in this verse); see note on 1:2} of vanities, says ^fthe Preacher; all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. ^gFear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. ^{▼▼Or the duty of all mankind} 14 For ⁱGod will bring every deed into judgment, with ^{▼▼Or into the judgment on} every secret thing, whether good or evil.

Isaiah 24:1-2

Judgment on the Whole Earth

1 Behold, ^kthe Lord will empty the earth ^{▼▼Or land; also throughout this chapter} and make it desolate,
and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
2 ^mAnd it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
as with the slave, so with his master;
as with the maid, so with her mistress;
ⁿas with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the lender, so with the borrower;
^oas with the creditor, so with the debtor.

Isaiah 40:6-8

The Word of God Stands Forever

6 A voice says, “Cry!”
And I said, ^{▼▼Revocalization based on Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Vulgate; Masoretic Text And someone says} “What shall I cry?”
^qAll flesh is grass,
and all its beauty ^{▼▼Or all its constancy} is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades
when the breath of the Lord blows on it;
surely the people are grass.
8 ^sThe grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever.

James 4:13-16

Boasting About Tomorrow

13 Come now, you who say, ^t“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For ^uyou are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, ^v“If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. ^wAll such boasting is evil.

1 Peter 1:24

24 for

^x“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,