13 Bible Verses about Creatures Returning To Dust
Most Relevant Verses
All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
When You hide Your face,
they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.
If He put His mind to it
and withdrew the spirit and breath He gave,
every living thing would perish together
and mankind would return to the dust.
Your many foes will be like fine dust,
and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff.
Then suddenly, in an instant,
“What gain is there in my death,
if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise You?
Will it proclaim Your truth?
My strength is dried up like baked clay;
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You put me into the dust of death.
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise.
Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!
For you will be covered with the morning dew,
and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.
and the dust returns to the earth as it once was,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
