Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Cast me
Dust
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].
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].
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.”
“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.