45 Bible Verses about dust

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Ecclesiastes 3:20

All of them go to one place: all of them originate from dust, and all of them return to dust.

Genesis 3:14

The LORD God told the Shining One, "Because you have done this, you are more cursed than all the livestock, and more than all the earth's animals, You'll crawl on your belly and eat dust as long as you live.

Matthew 7:3

"Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor up from the dust, he lifts up the needy from the trash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. Indeed the pillars of the earth belong to the LORD, and he has set the world on them.

Jeremiah 17:13

LORD, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn aside from you will be written in the dust, because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living water.

Isaiah 29:5

"But the hordes of your enemies will become like fine dust, and the hordes of tyrants like flying chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

Isaiah 29:4

and you will be brought down. You will speak from the ground, and your speech will mumble from the dust. Your voice will come ghostlike from the ground, and your speech will whisper from the dust.

Isaiah 52:2

Shake yourself from the dust and arise, and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem! Loosen the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Job 10:9

""Please remember that you've made me like clay and you'll return me to dust.

Mark 6:11

If any place will not welcome you and the people refuse to listen to you, when you leave, shake its dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

Micah 7:17

They will lick the dust like a serpent; they will crawl from their strongholds like snakes. They will fear the LORD our God. They will be terrified because of you.

Deuteronomy 28:24

The LORD will change the rain on your land to powder and dust. It will come down from the sky until you are exterminated."

Psalm 22:29

All the prosperous people will eat and bow down in submission. All those who are about to go down to the grave will bow down in submission, along with the one who can no longer keep himself alive.

Job 34:15

every living thing would die all at once, and mankind would return to dust."

Isaiah 40:15

"Look! The nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are reckoned as dust on the scales. Look! He even lifts up the islands like powder!

2 Samuel 22:43

I pulverized them to powder, like the dust of the earth; I crushed them, stomping on them like mud on a street.

Psalm 18:42

I ground them like wind-swept dust; I emptied them out like dirt in the street.

Psalm 146:4

When they stop breathing, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans evaporate!

Lamentations 3:29

Let him fall face down in the dust, so there may yet be hope.

Matthew 7:5

You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

Nahum 1:3

The LORD is slow to anger and powerful, and he will never let the guilty go unpunished. The LORD's path is in the windstorm and hurricane; thunderclouds are dust beneath his feet.

Job 40:13

buried them in the dust together, and sent them bound to that secret place,

Isaiah 25:12

He brings down the high fortifications of your walls and lays them low; he will raze them to the ground, right down to the dust.

Luke 6:41

"Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

Isaiah 40:12

"Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens by the width of his hand? Who has enclosed the dust of the earth in a measuring bowl, or weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

Psalm 30:9

"What profit is there in my death if I go down to the Pit? Can dust worship you? Can it proclaim your faithfulness?"

Malachi 4:3

and trample down the wicked. Indeed, they will become ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I do this," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

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Dust » Man made from

Job 34:15

every living thing would die all at once, and mankind would return to dust."

Dust » Placed on the head as a sign of grief

Joshua 7:6

At this, Joshua tore his clothes, fell down to the ground on his face before the ark of the LORD until evening he and the leaders of Israel and they covered their heads with dust.

Job 2:12

Observing him from a distance, at first they didn't even recognize him, so they raised their voices and burst into tears. They each ripped their robes, threw ashes into the air on their heads,

Lamentations 2:10

The leaders of cherished Zion sit silently on the ground; they throw dust on their heads and dress in mourning clothes. The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads in sorrow.

Ezekiel 27:30

and they will cry so loud you won't be able to make yourself heard! How bitterly they'll cry! They'll throw dust on their heads and wallow in ashes.

Revelation 18:19

Then they threw dust on their heads and shouted while crying and mourning: "How terrible, how terrible it is for the great city, where all who had ships at sea became rich from her wealth, because it has been destroyed in a single hour!

Dust » Put on the head in mourning

Joshua 7:6

At this, Joshua tore his clothes, fell down to the ground on his face before the ark of the LORD until evening he and the leaders of Israel and they covered their heads with dust.

Job 2:12

Observing him from a distance, at first they didn't even recognize him, so they raised their voices and burst into tears. They each ripped their robes, threw ashes into the air on their heads,

2 Samuel 15:30

David then left, going up the Mount of Olives, crying as he went, with his head covered and his feet bare. All of the people who were with him covered their own heads and climbed up the Mount of Olives, crying as they went along.

1 Samuel 4:12

That very same day, a man who was a descendant of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh, with his garments torn and dirt on his head.

More verses: 2 Samuel 1:2

Dust » Thrown or shaken off in anger

Acts 13:51

So Paul and Barnabas shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

Dust » Shaking from feet

Acts 13:51

So Paul and Barnabas shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

Dust » Casting of, in anger

2 Samuel 16:13

So David and his entourage went on their way, and Shimei walked along the hillside with him, cursing, throwing rocks, and tossing dirt at David as they went along.

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Creatures Returning To Dust

Ecclesiastes 3:20

All of them go to one place: all of them originate from dust, and all of them return to dust.

Dust On The Head

Revelation 18:19

Then they threw dust on their heads and shouted while crying and mourning: "How terrible, how terrible it is for the great city, where all who had ships at sea became rich from her wealth, because it has been destroyed in a single hour!

Numerous As Dust

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants are going to become like the dust of the earth and spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

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