Bible Verses About Dust
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for dust, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,548 votes, led by Genesis 3:19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Dust
Genesis 3:19131 votes
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Genesis 2:7125 votes
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Ecclesiastes 12:7106 votes
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Psalms 103:1471 votes
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Psalms 103:13-1467 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Ecclesiastes 3:2061 votes
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Luke 9:553 votes
And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
Matthew 10:1451 votes
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
Job 34:1530 votes
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Romans 9:2130 votes
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Genesis 18:2729 votes
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Acts 13:5127 votes
But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
Genesis 3:1425 votes
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Mark 6:1123 votes
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
John 14:622 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Deuteronomy 28:2421 votes
The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Romans 6:2321 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Psalms 104:2920 votes
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Genesis 28:1419 votes
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
1 Samuel 2:818 votes
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
John 3:1618 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Hebrews 9:2717 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Job 2:1216 votes
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Job 42:616 votes
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Ecclesiastes 9:1016 votes
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
What does the Bible say about dust?
Readers most often cite Genesis 3:19 on the subject of dust. Across 1,548 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 2:7, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Psalms 103:14. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.