The Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s slaves had dug in the days of his father Abraham, filling them with dirt.

“Any Israelite or foreigner living among them, who hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.

That same day, a Benjaminite man ran from the battle and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn, and there was dirt on his head.

So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei was going along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he cursed David, and threw stones and dirt at him.

Naaman responded, “If not, please let your servant be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry, for your servant will no longer offer a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but Yahweh.

My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.
My skin forms scabs and then oozes.

The dirt on his grave is sweet to him.
Everyone follows behind him,
and those who go before him are without number.

when the dust hardens like cast metal
and the clods of dirt stick together?

Lord, the hope of Israel,
all who abandon You
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from Me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.

Tyre has built herself a fortress;
she has heaped up silver like dust
and gold like the dirt of the streets.