45 Bible Verses about dust
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All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of 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 above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
And why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
And whoever does not receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's. He has set the world on them.
LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be disappointed. Those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living waters.
The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is from heaven.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly.
You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground. Your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust.
Shake yourself from the dust. Arise, sit up, Jerusalem. Release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion.
Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?
Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them."
They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to the LORD our God, and will be afraid because of you.
The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.
All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can't keep his soul alive.
Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let us also bear the image of the heavenly.
Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
You hypocrite. First remove the log out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. The LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast forth the dead.
He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
And why do you see the speck of chaff 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 sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
"What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make," says the LORD of hosts.
From Thematic Bible
Dust » Man made from
The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Dust » Placed on the head as a sign of grief
Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and did not recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have cast up dust on their heads; they have clothed themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
and shall cause their voice to be heard over you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
They cast dust on their heads, and shouting, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her great wealth.' For in one hour is she made desolate.
Dust » Put on the head in mourning
Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and did not recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.
David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
There ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth on his head.
Dust » Thrown or shaken off in anger
And whoever does not receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
Dust » Shaking from feet
And whoever does not receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
Dust » Casting of, in anger
So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust.
Topics on Dust
Creatures From Dust
Genesis 2:7The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Creatures Returning To Dust
Ecclesiastes 3:20All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Dust On The Head
Revelation 18:19They cast dust on their heads, and shouting, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her great wealth.' For in one hour is she made desolate.
Dust, Figurative Use
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Dust, Literal Use
Genesis 2:7The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Numerous As Dust
Genesis 28:14Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.
Wiping Dust
Luke 9:5As many as do not receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."