45 Bible Verses about dust
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All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.
then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till 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 all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
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 if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.
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.
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.
The first man was from the earth, a man 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 and said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
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,
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.
Shake yourself from the dust and arise; be seated, O Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
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."
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.
The LORD will make the rain of your land powder. From heaven dust shall come down on you until you are destroyed.
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.
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.
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.
I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.
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 clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down, lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.
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?
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?
"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?
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.
From Thematic Bible
Dust » Man made from
then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till 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
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.
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.
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.
and shout aloud over you and cry out bitterly. They cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes;
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dust » Thrown or shaken off in anger
And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.
But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.
Dust » Shaking from feet
And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.
But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.
Dust » Casting of, in anger
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.
Topics on Dust
Creatures From Dust
Genesis 2:7then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Creatures Returning To Dust
Ecclesiastes 3:20All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.
Dust On The Head
Revelation 18:19And 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, Figurative Use
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till 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 2:7then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Numerous As Dust
Genesis 28:14Your 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 9:5And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."