7 Bible Verses about Dust, Literal Use

The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

The Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Extend your staff and strike the dust of the ground, and it will become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.'"

The priest will then take holy water in a pottery jar, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle, and put it into the water.

Then Abraham asked, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),

For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.

The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.

By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."