Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

The Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you will go,
And dust you will eat
All the days of your life;

By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”

I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.

And Abraham replied, “Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes.

Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats through all the land of Egypt.’”

They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats through all the land of Egypt.

It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and will become boils breaking out with sores on man and beast through all the land of Egypt.”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction.

Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water that we may drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”

Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin.”

and the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel; and he shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.

Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,

“Who can count the dust of Jacob,
Or number the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
And let my end be like his!”

“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end.

I took your sinful thing, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.

The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.

‘They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague
And bitter destruction;
And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them,
With the venom of crawling things of the dust.

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, both he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

in order to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk in it as their fathers did, or not.”

Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan;

Then Gideon said to God, “Do not let Your anger burn against me that I may speak once more; please let me make a test once more with the fleece, let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground.”

Then the Lord said to Gideon, “The people are still too many; bring them down to the water and I will test them for you there. Therefore it shall be that he of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go with you; but everyone of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

“He raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the ash heap
To make them sit with nobles,
And inherit a seat of honor;
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He set the world on them.

Now a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn and dust on his head.

On the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn and dust on his head. And it came about when he came to David that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.

It happened as David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, that behold, Hushai the Archite met him with his coat torn and dust on his head.

So David and his men went on the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside parallel with him and as he went he cursed and cast stones and threw dust at him.

“Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth;
I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.

Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with difficult questions.

“Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins,

Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “May the gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”

For he left to Jehoahaz of the army not more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and 10,000 footmen, for the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

He brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

The altars which were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, the king broke down; and he smashed them there and threw their dust into the brook Kidron.

Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down. Then he demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah.

Now, O Lord God, Your promise to my father David is fulfilled, for You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with difficult questions. She had a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and a large amount of gold and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was on her heart.

Even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky.

‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!

“For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me, but I will not be.”

“Behold, this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring.

‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again?

“Does not the ear test words,
As the palate tastes its food?

Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You destroy man’s hope.

“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
And thrust my horn in the dust.

“Will it go down with me to Sheol?
Shall we together go down into the dust?”

“His bones are full of his youthful vigor,
But it lies down with him in the dust.

“Together they lie down in the dust,
And worms cover them.

And place your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,

My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,
Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.

“Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

“Iron is taken from the dust,
And copper is smelted from rock.

“Its rocks are the source of sapphires,
And its dust contains gold.

“He has cast me into the mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.

“If I have walked with falsehood,
And my foot has hastened after deceit,

All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.

When the dust hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together?

For she abandons her eggs to the earth
And warms them in the dust,

“Hide them in the dust together;
Bind them in the hidden place.

Therefore I retract,
And I repent in dust and ashes.”

You destroy those who speak falsehood;
The Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind;
I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You lay me in the dust of death.

All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

Examine me, O Lord, and try me;
Test my mind and my heart.

“What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?

How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit!

Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

For our soul has sunk down into the dust;
Our body cleaves to the earth.

“You let your mouth loose in evil
And your tongue frames deceit.

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

Destruction is in her midst;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.

But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction;
Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.

Let the nomads of the desert bow before him,
And his enemies lick the dust.

And in their heart they put God to the test
By asking food according to their desire.

When He rained meat upon them like the dust,
Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,

O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind.

You have spurned the covenant of Your servant;
You have profaned his crown in the dust.

You turn man back into dust
And say, “Return, O children of men.”

He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me.

Surely Your servants find pleasure in her stones
And feel pity for her dust.

For He Himself knows our frame;
He is mindful that we are but dust.

You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their spirit, they expire
And return to their dust.

He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

Daleth.
My soul cleaves to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.

Whose mouths speak deceit,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,
Whose mouth speaks deceit
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

While He had not yet made the earth and the fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.

He who speaks truth tells what is right,
But a false witness, deceit.