44 Bible Verses about dust
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All go to one place. All are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
And LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
In the sweat of thy face thou shall eat bread, till thou return to the ground, for out of it thou were taken. For thou are dust, and to dust thou shall return.
And LORD God said to the serpent, Because thou have done this, cursed are thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. Upon thy belly thou shall go, and dust thou shall eat all the days of thy life.
And why do thou see the speck in thy brother's eye, but do not notice the beam in thine own eye?
And whoever will not receive you, nor hear your words, while departing that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.
He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake thee shall be put to shame. Those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken LORD, the fountain of living waters.
The first man was of the earth, earthly. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passes away. Yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.
And thou shall be brought down, and shall speak out of the ground. And thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be as of he who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground. And thy speech shall whisper out of the d
Shake thyself from the dust. Arise, sit up, O Jerusalem. Loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou have fashioned me as clay. And will thou bring me into dust again?
And as many as might not receive you nor hear you, as ye depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to them. Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in the day of judgment than
They shall lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places. They shall come with fear to LORD our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
LORD will make the rain of thy land powder and dust. From the sky it shall come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance. Behold, he takes up the isles as a very little thing.
And just as we have worn the form of the earthly, we will also wear the form of the heavenly.
Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou will see clearly to take out the speck from thy brother's eye.
LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty]. LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Thy dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye who dwell in the dust, for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
And the high fortress of thy walls he has brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
And why do thou see the speck in thy brother's eye, but do not perceive the beam in thine own eye?
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth?
And ye shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, says LORD of hosts.
From Thematic Bible
Dust » Man made from
And LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
In the sweat of thy face thou shall eat bread, till thou return to the ground, for out of it thou were taken. For thou are dust, and to dust thou shall return.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Dust » Placed on the head as a sign of grief
And Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust upon their heads.
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and did not recognize him, they lifted up their voice, and wept. And each one tore his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground. They keep silence. They have cast up dust upon their heads. They have girded themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads. They shall wallow themselves in the ashes.
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried out, weeping and mourning, and saying, Alas, alas, the great city in which all who had ships in the sea became rich from her luxuriance! Because in one hour she was devastated.
Dust » Put on the head in mourning
And Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust upon their heads.
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and did not recognize him, they lifted up their voice, and wept. And each one tore his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
And David went up by the ascent of the [mount of] Olives, and wept as he went up, and he had his head covered, and went barefoot. And all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they we
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with dirt upon his head.
Dust » Thrown or shaken off in anger
And whoever will not receive you, nor hear your words, while departing that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.
But after shaking off the dust of their feet against them, they came to Iconium.
Dust » Shaking from feet
And whoever will not receive you, nor hear your words, while departing that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.
But after shaking off the dust of their feet against them, they came to Iconium.
Dust » Casting of, in anger
So David and his men went by the way, and Shimei went along on the hill-side opposite him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
Topics on Dust
Creatures From Dust
Genesis 2:7And LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Creatures Returning To Dust
Ecclesiastes 3:20All go to one place. All are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Dust On The Head
Revelation 18:19And they cast dust on their heads, and cried out, weeping and mourning, and saying, Alas, alas, the great city in which all who had ships in the sea became rich from her luxuriance! Because in one hour she was devastated.
Dust, Figurative Use
Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face thou shall eat bread, till thou return to the ground, for out of it thou were taken. For thou are dust, and to dust thou shall return.
Dust, Literal Use
Genesis 2:7And LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Numerous As Dust
Genesis 28:14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Wiping Dust
Luke 9:5And as many as will not receive you, when departing from that city, also shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.