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Ecclesiastes 3:21

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Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:19

    For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

  2. Ecclesiastes 3:20

    All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

  3. Ecclesiastes 3:22

    Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

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