Ecclesiastes 12:7
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Ecclesiastes 12
3 songs meet this passage
Spirit In the Sky · Norman Greenbaum
resonates with Ecclesiastes 12:7
The hope that something of us returns to God after death echoes this verse, even if the song's vision is vague and folk-spiritual rather than biblical.
“Til God return me to my essence”
I Ain't Mad At Cha (feat. Danny Boy) · 2Pac
resonates with Ecclesiastes 12:7
A rare direct acknowledgment of mortality and return to God, surfacing amid the song's hardened exterior.
“We knew that his spirit was pluming for flight”
My Grandfather's Clock · Johnny Cash
resonates with Ecclesiastes 12:7
The image of the spirit departing at death recalls the Preacher's picture of the spirit returning to God who gave it.
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