Psalm 103:14
For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.
Genesis 3:19
“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
Ecclesiastes 12:7
then the dust [out of which God made man’s body] will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
Job 7:5-7
“My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust;
My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs.
Job 7:21
“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my sin and guilt?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me [diligently], but I will not be.”
Job 10:9
‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
So will You turn me into dust again?
Job 13:25
“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?
Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?
Psalm 78:38-39
Many times He restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
Psalm 89:47
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
Isaiah 29:16
You turn things upside down [with your perversity]!
Shall the potter be considered equal with the clay,
That the thing that is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;
Or the thing that is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He knoweth
We are dust
Bible References
He knoweth
Many times He restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
We are dust
“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
“My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust;
My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs.
‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
So will You turn me into dust again?
“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?
Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?