Ecclesiastes 3:19-20

For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other — they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile. All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Ecclesiastes 3

3 songs meet this passage

  • Diamonds · Rihanna

    strains against Ecclesiastes 3:19-20

    The lyric's claim of permanence through love is a human longing Scripture names honestly as unfulfilled apart from God; mortality is real even amid romantic bliss.

  • Awake My Soul · Mumford & Sons

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:20

    The song names the plain fact of mortality the way the Preacher does, as a sober backdrop for how we should live.

  • S.C.A.V.A. · Hollywood Undead

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:20-21

    The uncertainty over what comes after death reflects the Preacher's own honest admission of not knowing where the spirit goes.

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