45 Bible Verses about dust
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All go to one place. All came from the dust and all return to dust.
Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being.
You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.
So Jehovah God said to the serpent: Because you have done this you are cursed above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye? Do you not consider the beam in your own eye?
If someone will not welcome you and listen to the message, leave that house or town, shake the dust off your feet and move on.
He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among the princes. He causes them to inherit a throne of glory (honor). The pillars of the earth are Jehovah's. He sets the world on them.
You will put to shame all that forsake you, O Jehovah, the hope of Israel. Those who turn away on earth will be written down, for they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living water.
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was. The spirit (life) will return to God who gave it.
Then Abraham answered and said: Indeed now, I who am only dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to Jehovah:
Your cruel enemies will be swept away like dust in a windstorm. It will be sudden and unexpected like chaff in the wind.
From deep in the earth, you will call out for help. Your voice will sound like a mumble (indistinct voice) from out of the dust. It will be faint like a whisper.
Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit enthroned, O Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.
Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?
When someone will not listen to you leave that house and shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to the householder.
They will lick up the dust like a serpent. They will come trembling out of their hole like crawling things of the earth. They will approach Jehovah our God with fear and be afraid because of you.
Jehovah will send dust storms and sandstorms on you from the sky until you are destroyed.
All prosperous people on earth will eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust will kneel in front of him, even those who are barely alive.
Truly the nations are like a drop in a bucket! They are regarded as dust on the scales! He weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
They were crushed as small as the dust of the earth. I stamped them down under my feet like the waste of the streets.
I beat them into powder as fine as the dust blown by the wind. I threw them out as though they were dirt on the streets.
His spirit (Hebrew: ruach, breath, life) departs, he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish (come to an end).
You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye. Then you can see to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.
Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power! He will by no means reprieve the guilty (leave them unpunished). Jehovah has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm. The clouds are the dust of his feet.
But your dead will live. Their bodies will rise. You, who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
He will bring down Moab's high-fortified walls, level them, and throw them into the dust on the ground.
Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye? Yet you do not consider the beam in your own eye.
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the span of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance of the scale?
What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it declare your truth?
When I act you will tread down the wicked. They will be like dust under your feet, Jehovah of Hosts said.
From Thematic Bible
Dust » Man made from
Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being.
You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was. The spirit (life) will return to God who gave it.
Dust » Placed on the head as a sign of grief
And Joshua ripped his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the Ark of Jehovah until evening. He threw dust on his head. The elders of Israel did the same.
They saw him from a distance and did not even recognize him. They cried out loud and wept. Each of them tore his clothes in grief. They threw dust on their heads.
The elders of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth and keep silent. They throw dust on their heads. They are clothed in sackcloth. The heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are brought down to the earth.
And they will make their voice heard over you and will cry bitterly. They will cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes.
They threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying: 'Woe, woe to the great city. All that had ships in the sea became rich by her wealth. In one hour she was made desolate.'
Dust » Put on the head in mourning
And Joshua ripped his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the Ark of Jehovah until evening. He threw dust on his head. The elders of Israel did the same.
They saw him from a distance and did not even recognize him. They cried out loud and wept. Each of them tore his clothes in grief. They threw dust on their heads.
David went up the slope of the Mount of Olives. He was barefoot and crying. He covered his head to show his sorrow. Everyone with him was crying. They covered their heads too.
A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran all the way from the battlefield to Shiloh and arrived there the same day. To show his grief he had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head.
Dust » Thrown or shaken off in anger
If someone will not welcome you and listen to the message, leave that house or town, shake the dust off your feet and move on.
Dust » Shaking from feet
If someone will not welcome you and listen to the message, leave that house or town, shake the dust off your feet and move on.
Dust » Casting of, in anger
David and his men continued along the road. Shimei kept up with them. He walked on the hillside. He cursed and threw stones and dirt at them as he went.
Topics on Dust
Creatures From Dust
Genesis 2:7Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being.
Creatures Returning To Dust
Ecclesiastes 3:20All go to one place. All came from the dust and all return to dust.
Dust On The Head
Revelation 18:19They threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying: 'Woe, woe to the great city. All that had ships in the sea became rich by her wealth. In one hour she was made desolate.'
Dust, Figurative Use
Genesis 3:19You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.
Dust, Literal Use
Genesis 2:7Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being.
Numerous As Dust
Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Every family on earth will be blessed through you and through your descendants.
Wiping Dust
Luke 9:5If someone does not receive you, when you leave the city, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against that person.