45 Bible Verses about dust

Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.

The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."

The Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the wild beasts and all the living creatures of the field! On your belly you will crawl and dust you will eat all the days of your life.

He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.

He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.

You are the one in whom Israel may find hope. All who leave you will suffer shame. Those who turn away from you will be consigned to the nether world. For they have rejected you, the Lord, the fountain of life.

The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it.

Then Abraham asked, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),

But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust, the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away. It will happen suddenly, in a flash.

For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.

You will fall; while lying on the ground you will speak; from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation.

Shake off the dirt! Get up, captive Jerusalem! Take off the iron chains around your neck, O captive daughter Zion!

Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust?

If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

They will lick the dust like a snake, like serpents crawling on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds to the Lord our God; they will be terrified of you.

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

All of the thriving people of the earth will join the celebration and worship; all those who are descending into the grave will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives.

all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. He lifts the coastlands as if they were dust.

And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.

I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground; I crush them and stomp on them like clay in the streets.

I grind them as fine windblown dust; I beat them underfoot like clay in the streets.

As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.

Their life's breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.

Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet.

Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave.

Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.

The fortified city (along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?

"What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing," says the Lord who rules over all.