Job 13:12


“Your memorable sayings are [worthless, merely] proverbs of ashes;
Your defenses are defenses of [crumbling] clay.

Genesis 2:7

then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].

Genesis 18:27

Abraham answered, “Now behold, I who am but dust [in origin] and ashes have decided to speak to the Lord.

Exodus 17:14

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this in the book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly wipe out the memory of Amalek [and his people] from under heaven.”

Job 4:19


‘How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust,
Who are crushed like a moth.

Job 18:17


“Memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name on the street.

Psalm 34:16


The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Psalm 102:12


But You, O Lord, are enthroned forever [ruling eternally as sovereign];
And [the fame and glory of] Your name [endures] to all generations.

Psalm 109:15


Let them be before the Lord continually,
That He may cut off their memory from the earth;

Proverbs 10:7


The memory of the righteous [person] is a [source of] blessing,
But the name of the wicked will [be forgotten and] rot [like a corpse].

Isaiah 26:14


The [wicked] dead will not live [again], the spirits of the dead will not rise and return;
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
And You have wiped out every memory of them [every trace of them].

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly tent [our physical body] which is our house is torn down [through death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

General references

Bible References

Remembrances

Job 18:17

“Memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name on the street.
Exodus 17:14
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this in the book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly wipe out the memory of Amalek [and his people] from under heaven.”
Psalm 34:16

The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Psalm 102:12

But You, O Lord, are enthroned forever [ruling eternally as sovereign];
And [the fame and glory of] Your name [endures] to all generations.
Psalm 109:15

Let them be before the Lord continually,
That He may cut off their memory from the earth;
Proverbs 10:7

The memory of the righteous [person] is a [source of] blessing,
But the name of the wicked will [be forgotten and] rot [like a corpse].
Isaiah 26:14

The [wicked] dead will not live [again], the spirits of the dead will not rise and return;
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
And You have wiped out every memory of them [every trace of them].

Ashes

Genesis 18:27
Abraham answered, “Now behold, I who am but dust [in origin] and ashes have decided to speak to the Lord.

To bodies

Job 4:19

‘How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust,
Who are crushed like a moth.
Genesis 2:7
then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the earthly tent [our physical body] which is our house is torn down [through death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

General references

Job 18:17

“Memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name on the street.