45 Bible Verses about dust

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Ecclesiastes 3:20

All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.

Genesis 3:14

The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

Matthew 7:3

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?

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and on them he has set the world.

Jeremiah 17:13

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from youshall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living water.

Genesis 18:27

Abraham answered and said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

Isaiah 29:5

But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff. And in an instant, suddenly,

Isaiah 29:4

And you will be brought low; from the earth you shall speak, and from the dust your speech will be bowed down; your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost, and from the dust your speech shall whisper.

Isaiah 52:2

Shake yourself from the dust and arise; be seated, O Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Job 10:9

Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?

Mark 6:11

And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them."

Micah 7:17

they shall lick the dust like a serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their strongholds; they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God, and they shall be in fear of you.

Deuteronomy 28:24

The LORD will make the rain of your land powder. From heaven dust shall come down on you until you are destroyed.

Psalm 22:29

All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive.

Job 34:15

all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.

Isaiah 40:15

Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.

2 Samuel 22:43

I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.

Psalm 18:42

I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.

Psalm 146:4

When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.

Lamentations 3:29

let him put his mouth in the dust-- there may yet be hope;

Matthew 7:5

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.

Job 40:13

Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.

Isaiah 25:12

And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down, lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.

Luke 6:41

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?

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

Psalm 30:9

"What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?

Malachi 4:3

And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the LORD of hosts.

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Dust » Man made from

Job 34:15

all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.

Dust » Placed on the head as a sign of grief

Joshua 7:6

Then 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.

Job 2:12

And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Ezekiel 27:30

and shout aloud over you and cry out bitterly. They cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes;

Revelation 18:19

And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out, "Alas, alas, for the great city where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been laid waste.

Dust » Put on the head in mourning

Joshua 7:6

Then 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.

Job 2:12

And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven.

2 Samuel 15:30

But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.

1 Samuel 4:12

A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.

More verses: 2 Samuel 1:2

Dust » Thrown or shaken off in anger

Acts 13:51

But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.

Dust » Shaking from feet

Acts 13:51

But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.

Dust » Casting of, in anger

2 Samuel 16:13

So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust.

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Creatures Returning To Dust

Ecclesiastes 3:20

All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.

Dust On The Head

Revelation 18:19

And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out, "Alas, alas, for the great city where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been laid waste.

Numerous As Dust

Genesis 28:14

Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Wiping Dust

Luke 9:5

And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."

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