13 Bible Verses about Creatures Returning To Dust

They go all unto one place, for as they be all of dust, so shall they all turn unto dust again.

But when thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; when thou takest away their breath, they die, and are turned again to their dust.

Thou turnest man to destruction; Again, thou sayest, "Come again, ye children of men."

To whom hath he given his heart, for to draw his spirit and breath unto him? All flesh shall come together unto naught, and all men shall turn again unto earth.

O remember, I beseech thee, how that thou madest me of the mould of the earth, and shalt bring me into dust again.

I am even as it were clay, and am become like ashes and dust.

Moreover, the noise of thy enemies shall be like thin dust, and the multitude of tyrants shall be as the dry straw that cannot tarry: even suddenly and in haste shall their blast go.

All that I have, shall go down into the pit, and lie with me in the dust."

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down into the pit? Shall the dust give thanks unto thee? Or shall it declare thy truth?

cast them down into the mire, and cover their faces with darkness;

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums, and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death.

But as for thy dead men and ours, that be departed, they are in life and resurrection. They lie in the earth, they wake, and have joy: for thy dew is a dew of life and light. But the place of the malicious Tyrants is fallen away.

Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it.