44 Bible Verses about dust
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All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:
And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?
And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.
Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.
O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who give you up will be put to shame; those who go away from you will be cut off from the earth, because they have given up the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven.
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:
And the army of your attackers will be like small dust, and all the cruel ones like dry stems gone before the wind; suddenly it will come about.
And you will be made low, and your voice will come out of the earth, and your words will be low out of the dust; and your voice will come out of the earth like that of a spirit, making bird-like noises out of the dust.
Make yourself clean from the dust; up! and take the seat of your power, O Jerusalem: the bands of your neck are loose, O prisoned daughter of Zion.
O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?
And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.
They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.
The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust, sending it down on you from heaven till your destruction is complete.
All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.
All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.
And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.
Then they were crushed as small as the dust of the earth, stamped down under my feet like the waste of the streets.
Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.
But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;
Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.
Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.
And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.
And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?
In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?
And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.
From Thematic Bible
Dust » Man made from
And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
Dust » Placed on the head as a sign of grief
Then Joshua, in great grief, went down on the earth before the ark of the Lord till the evening, and all the chiefs of Israel with him, and they put dust on their heads.
And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.
The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.
And their voices will be sounding over you, and crying bitterly they will put dust on their heads, rolling themselves in the dust:
And they put dust on their heads, and were sad, weeping and crying, and saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, in which was increased the wealth of all who had their ships on the sea because of her great stores! for in one hour she is made waste.
Dust » Put on the head in mourning
Then Joshua, in great grief, went down on the earth before the ark of the Lord till the evening, and all the chiefs of Israel with him, and they put dust on their heads.
And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.
For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.
And David went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives weeping all the way, with his head covered and no shoes on his feet: and all the people who were with him, covering their heads, went up weeping.
And a man of Benjamin went running from the fight and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothing out of order and earth on his head.
Dust » Thrown or shaken off in anger
And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.
But they, shaking off the dust of that place from their feet, came to Iconium.
Dust » Shaking from feet
And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.
But they, shaking off the dust of that place from their feet, came to Iconium.
Dust » Casting of, in anger
So David and his men went on their way: and Shimei went by the hillside parallel with them, cursing and sending stones and dust at him.
Topics on Dust
Creatures From Dust
Genesis 2:7And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
Creatures Returning To Dust
Ecclesiastes 3:20All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
Dust On The Head
Revelation 18:19And they put dust on their heads, and were sad, weeping and crying, and saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, in which was increased the wealth of all who had their ships on the sea because of her great stores! for in one hour she is made waste.
Dust, Figurative Use
Genesis 3:19With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
Dust, Literal Use
Genesis 2:7And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
Numerous As Dust
Genesis 28:14Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
Wiping Dust
Luke 9:5And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.