7 Bible Verses about Dust, Literal Use

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

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron: Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, and it will become gnats throughout the land of Egypt.”

Then the priest is to take holy water in a clay bowl, and take some of the dust from the tabernacle floor and put it in the water.

Then Abraham answered, “Since I have ventured to speak to the Lord—even though I am dust and ashes—

For He knows what we are made of,
remembering that we are dust.

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

You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”