45 Bible Verses about dust

All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.

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.

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.”

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;

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

Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.

“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.

O Lord, the hope of Israel,
All who forsake You will be put to shame.
Those who turn away on earth will be written down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.

The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven.

then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

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

But the multitude of your enemies will become like fine dust,
And the multitude of the ruthless ones like the chaff which blows away;
And it will happen instantly, suddenly.

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

Then you will be brought low;
From the earth you will speak,
And from the dust where you are prostrate
Your words will come.
Your voice will also be like that of a spirit from the ground,
And your speech will whisper from the dust.

Shake yourself from the dust, rise up,
O captive Jerusalem;
Loose yourself from the chains around your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.

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

Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them.”

They will lick the dust like a serpent,
Like reptiles of the earth.
They will come trembling out of their fortresses;
To the Lord our God they will come in dread
And they will be afraid before You.

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

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.

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

Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales;
Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.

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

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

“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.

His spirit departs, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts perish.

Let him put his mouth in the dust,
Perhaps there is hope.

You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

The Lord is slow to anger and great in power,
And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
In whirlwind and storm is His way,
And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

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

Your dead will live;
Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the dawn,
And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.

The unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low and cast to the ground, even to the dust.

Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,
And marked off the heavens by the span,
And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,
And weighed the mountains in a balance
And the hills in a pair of scales?

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

You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the Lord of hosts.