15 occurrences

'Dust' in the Bible

When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.

Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative UseRobesSprinklingTearing Of ClothesWeepingSeeing At A DistanceDust On The HeadNot Recognising PeopleThose Who Tore Clothes

how much more those who dwell in clay houses,whose foundation is in the dust,who are crushed like a moth!

Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

Surely this is the joy of his way of life;yet others will sprout from the dust.

Verse ConceptsCreatures From Dust

Please remember that You formed me like clay.Will You now return me to dust?

Verse ConceptsClayPouringClay, Figurative UseCreatures Returning To DustDeathdust

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin;I have buried my strength in the dust.

Verse ConceptsSackcloth And AshesHorns Weakened

Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,or will we descend together to the dust?

Verse ConceptsGatesCreatures Returning To Dust

and consign your gold to the dust,the gold of Ophir to the stones in the wadis,

Verse ConceptsBrooks

Though he piles up silver like dustand heaps up a wardrobe like clay—

Verse ConceptsWealthClaySilverDressNumerous As Dust

He throws me into the mud,and I have become like dust and ashes.

Verse ConceptsCreatures Returning To DustMarshes

every living thing would perish togetherand mankind would return to the dust.

Verse ConceptsDeath For Other ReasonsWork Ethicdust

when the dust hardens like cast metaland the clods of dirt stick together?

Verse ConceptsThings Stuck Together

Bible Theasaurus

Corpse (43 instances)
Debris (7 instances)
Disperse (14 instances)
Feather (1 instance)
Powder (17 instances)
Rubble (27 instances)
Scatter (87 instances)
Sprinkle (39 instances)

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