Job 30:19


“God has cast me into the mire [a swampland of crisis],
And I have become [worthless] like dust and ashes.

Genesis 18:27

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

Job 42:6


“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”

Job 2:8

And Job took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes (rubbish heaps).

Job 9:31


You would still plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would hate me [and refuse to cover my foul body].

Psalm 69:1-2

Save me, O God,
For the waters have threatened my life [they have come up to my neck].

Psalm 69:14


Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink;
Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters.

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down [into the cistern] with ropes. Now there was no water in the cistern but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

Bible References

Cast me

Job 9:31

You would still plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would hate me [and refuse to cover my foul body].
Psalm 69:1
Save me, O God,
For the waters have threatened my life [they have come up to my neck].
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down [into the cistern] with ropes. Now there was no water in the cistern but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Dust

Job 2:8
And Job took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes (rubbish heaps).
Job 42:6

“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
Genesis 18:27
Abraham answered, “Now behold, I who am but dust [in origin] and ashes have decided to speak to the Lord.