Gen 2:7 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.
Gen 3:14 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.
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.
Gen 3:19 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.”
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.”
Gen 13:16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
Gen 18:27 Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
Gen 26:15 (Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.)
Gen 28:14 Your 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.
Exo 8:16 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may become gnats in all the land of Egypt.’”
Exo 8:17 And they did so. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats in all the land of Egypt.
Lev 14:41 And he shall have the inside of the house scraped all around, and the plaster that they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city.
Lev 14:42 Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house.
Lev 14:45 And he shall break down the house, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them out of the city to an unclean place.
Lev 17:13 “Any one also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.
Num 5:17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.
Num 19:17 For the unclean they shall take some ashes of the burnt sin offering, and fresh water shall be added in a vessel.
Num 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”
or number the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”
Deu 9:21 Then I took the sinful thing, the calf that you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. And I threw the dust of it into the brook that ran down from the mountain.
Deu 28:24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder. From heaven dust shall come down on you until you are destroyed.
Deu 32:24 they shall be wasted with hunger,
and devoured by plague
and poisonous pestilence;
I will send the teeth of beasts against them,
with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.
and devoured by plague
and poisonous pestilence;
I will send the teeth of beasts against them,
with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.
Jos 7:6 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.
1Sa 2:8 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.
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.
2Sa 16:13 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.
2Sa 22:43 I beat them fine as the dust of the earth;
I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.
I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.
1Ki 16:2 “Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,
1Ki 18:38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
1Ki 20:10 Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”
2Ki 13:7 For there was not left to Jehoahaz an army of more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen, for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
2Ki 23:4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
2Ki 23:6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron and beat it to dust and cast the dust of it upon the graves of the common people.
2Ki 23:12 And the altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, he pulled down and broke in pieces and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
2Ki 23:15 Moreover, the altar at Bethel, the high place erected by Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, that altar with the high place he pulled down and burned, reducing it to dust. He also burned the Asherah.
2Ch 1:9 O Lord God, let your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
Neh 4:2 And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?”
Neh 4:10 In Judah it was said, “The strength of those who bear the burdens is failing. There is too much rubble. By ourselves we will not be able to rebuild the wall.”
Job 2:12 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.
Job 4:19 how much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like the moth.
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like the moth.
Job 5:6 For affliction does not come from the dust,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
Job 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt;
my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.
my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.
Job 7:21 Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
you will seek me, but I shall not be.”
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
you will seek me, but I shall not be.”
Job 8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way,
and out of the soil others will spring.
and out of the soil others will spring.
Job 10:9 Remember that you have made me like clay;
and will you return me to the dust?
and will you return me to the dust?
Job 14:8 Though its root grow old in the earth,
and its stump die in the soil,
and its stump die in the soil,
Job 14:19 the waters wear away the stones;
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.
Job 16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin
and have laid my strength in the dust.
and have laid my strength in the dust.
Job 17:16 Will it go down to the bars of Sheol?
Shall we descend together into the dust?”
Shall we descend together into the dust?”
Job 19:25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
Job 20:11 His bones are full of his youthful vigor,
but it will lie down with him in the dust.
but it will lie down with him in the dust.
Job 21:26 They lie down alike in the dust,
and the worms cover them.
and the worms cover them.
Job 22:24 if you lay gold in the dust,
and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
Job 27:16 Though he heap up silver like dust,
and pile up clothing like clay,
and pile up clothing like clay,
Job 28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted from the ore.
and copper is smelted from the ore.
Job 28:6 Its stones are the place of sapphires,
and it has dust of gold.
and it has dust of gold.
Job 30:6 In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell,
in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
Job 30:19 God has cast me into the mire,
and I have become like dust and ashes.
and I have become like dust and ashes.
Job 34:15 all flesh would perish together,
and man would return to dust.
and man would return to dust.
Job 38:38 when the dust runs into a mass
and the clods stick fast together?
and the clods stick fast together?
Job 39:14 For she leaves her eggs to the earth
and lets them be warmed on the ground,
and lets them be warmed on the ground,
Job 40:13 Hide them all in the dust together;
bind their faces in the world below.
bind their faces in the world below.
Job 41:33 On earth there is not his like,
a creature without fear.
a creature without fear.
Job 42:6 therefore I despise myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.”
and repent in dust and ashes.”
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