Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Dust’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Dust’ occurs 82 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken. For dust you are, and unto dust you shall return.”Genesis 3:19
Genesis 13:16 And I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If any man is able to number the dust of the earth, he will be able to number your offspring as well.Genesis 13:16
Genesis 18:27 And Abraham responded by saying: “Since now I have begun, I will speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes.Genesis 18:27
Genesis 28:14 And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the Meridian. And in you and in your offspring, all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.Genesis 28:14
Number of the word / term Dust in Genesis: 4
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 8:16 And the Lord said to Moses: “Say to Aaron: ‘Extend your staff and strike the dust of the earth. And let there be stinging insects throughout the entire the land of Egypt.’ ”Exodus 8:16
Exodus 8:17 And they did so. And Aaron extended his hand, holding the staff, and he struck the dust of the earth, and there came stinging insects upon men and upon beasts. All the dust of the earth was turned into stinging insects through all the land of Egypt.Exodus 8:17
Exodus 9:9 And let there be dust upon all the land of Egypt. For there will be sores and swelling pustules on men and on beasts, throughout the entire land of Egypt.”Exodus 9:9
Exodus 32:20 And seizing the calf, which they had made, he burnt it and crushed it, even to dust, which he scattered into water. And he gave from it to the sons of Israel to drink.Exodus 32:20
Number of the word / term Dust in Exodus: 4
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 14:41 and that the house be scraped on the inside all around, and that the dust of the scrapings be scattered outside the city in an unclean place,Leviticus 14:41
Leviticus 14:43 But if, after the stones have been dug out, and the dust wiped away, and it is plastered with other clay,Leviticus 14:43
Leviticus 14:45 And so they shall promptly destroy it, and shall cast its stones and timber, and also all the dust, outside the town in an unclean place.Leviticus 14:45
Number of the word / term Dust in Leviticus: 3
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 23:10 Who can number the dust that is Jacob, and who can know the number of the stock of Israel? May my soul die a just death, and may my end be like theirs.”Numbers 23:10
Number of the word / term Dust in Numbers: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 9:21 But as for your sin which you committed, that is, the calf, taking hold of it, I burned it with fire. And breaking it into pieces, and reducing it entirely to dust, I threw it into the torrent that descends from the mountain.Deuteronomy 9:21
Deuteronomy 28:24 May the Lord give you dust instead of rain upon your land, and may ashes descend from heaven over you, until you have been wiped away.Deuteronomy 28:24
Number of the word / term Dust in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 7:6 And truly, Joshua tore his garments, and he fell prone on the ground before the ark of the Lord, even until evening, both he and all the elders of Israel. And they cast dust upon their heads.Joshua 7:6
Number of the word / term Dust in Joshua: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the indigent from the dust, and he lifts up the poor from filth, so that they may sit with princes, and take hold of a throne of glory. For the hinges of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the globe upon them.1 Samuel 2:8
1 Samuel 4:12 Now a man of Benjamin, rushing from the troops, arrived at Shiloh on the same day, with his clothing torn, and with his head sprinkled with dust.1 Samuel 4:12
Number of the word / term Dust in 1 Samuel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 1:2 Then, on the third day, a man appeared, arriving from the camp of Saul, with his garments torn and dust sprinkled on his head. And when he came to David, he fell on his face, and he reverenced.2 Samuel 1:2
2 Samuel 22:43 I will wipe them away like the dust of the earth. I will break them apart and crush them, like the mud of the streets.2 Samuel 22:43
Number of the word / term Dust in 2 Samuel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 16:2 “Even though I exalted you from the dust, and I set you as ruler over my people Israel, still you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and you have caused my people Israel to sin, so that you have provoked me by their sins.1 Kings 16:2
1 Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the Lord fell down and devoured the holocaust, and the wood, and the stones, and even the dust, and it absorbed the water that was in the trench.1 Kings 18:38
1 Kings 20:10 And returning, the messengers took this to him, and he sent again and said, “May the gods do these things to me, and may they add these other things, if the dust of Samaria is enough to fill the hands of all the people who follow me.”1 Kings 20:10
1 Kings 20:38 Then the prophet departed. And he met the king along the way, and he changed his appearance by sprinkling dust around his mouth and eyes.1 Kings 20:38
1 Kings 20:41 Then immediately, he wiped away the dust from his face, and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was one of the prophets.1 Kings 20:41
Number of the word / term Dust in 1 Kings: 5
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 13:7 And there was left to Jehoahaz from the people nothing but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers. For the king of Syria had killed them, and he had reduced them to become like dust on a threshing floor.2 Kings 13:7
2 Kings 23:4 And the king instructed Hilkiah, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, so that they would cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels which had been made for Baal, and for the sacred grove, and for the entire army of heaven. And he burned them outside of Jerusalem, in the steep valley of Kidron. And he carried their dust into Bethel.2 Kings 23:4
2 Kings 23:6 And he caused the sacred grove to be carried away from the house of the Lord, outside of Jerusalem, to the steep valley of Kidron. And he burned it there, and reduced it to dust. And he cast the dust over the graves of the common people.2 Kings 23:6
2 Kings 23:15 Then too, the altar which was in Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made: both that altar and the high place he tore down, and burned, and reduced to dust. And then he also set fire to the sacred grove.2 Kings 23:15
Number of the word / term Dust in 2 Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 1:9 Now therefore, O Lord God, let your word be fulfilled, which you promised to my father David. For you have made me king over your great people, who are as innumerable as the dust of the earth.2 Chronicles 1:9
Number of the word / term Dust in 2 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 4:2 And he said, before his brothers and a crowd of the Samaritans: “What are the foolish Jews doing? Can it be that the Gentiles will allow them? Will they sacrifice and finish in one day? Do they have the ability to make stones out of piles of dust that have been burned up?”Nehemiah 4:2
Number of the word / term Dust in Nehemiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Job
Job 2:12 And when they had raised up their eyes from a distance, they did not recognize him, and, crying out, they wept, and, tearing their garments, they scattered dust over their heads into the sky.Job 2:12
Job 7:21 Why do you not steal away my sin, and why do you not sweep away my iniquity? Behold, now I will sleep in the dust, and if you seek me in the morning, I will not remain.Job 7:21
Job 10:9 Remember, I ask you, that you have fashioned me like clay, and you will reduce me to dust.Job 10:9
Job 14:8 If its roots grow old in the earth, and its trunk passes into dust,Job 14:8
Job 20:11 His bones will be filled with the vices of his youth, and they will sleep with him in the dust.Job 20:11
Job 21:26 And yet they will sleep together in the dust, and worms will cover them.Job 21:26
Job 38:38 When was the dust cast to become the earth, and when were its clods fastened together?Job 38:38
Job 40:13 Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.Job 40:13
Number of the word / term Dust in Job: 8
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 1:4 Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.Psalm 1:4
Psalm 7:5 let the enemy pursue my soul, and take hold of it, and trample my life into the earth, and drag down my glory into the dust.Psalm 7:5
Psalm 18:42 And I will crush them into dust before the face of the wind, so that I will obliterate them like the mud in the streets.Psalm 18:42
Psalm 22:15 My strength has dried up like clay, and my tongue has adhered to my jaws. And you have pulled me down, into the dust of death.Psalm 22:15
Psalm 30:9 What use would there be in my blood, if I descend into corruption? Will dust confess to you or announce your truth?Psalm 30:9
Psalm 35:5 May they become like dust before the face of the wind, and let the Angel of the Lord hem them in.Psalm 35:5
Psalm 44:25 For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.Psalm 44:25
Psalm 78:27 And he rained down flesh upon them, as if it were dust, and feathered birds, as if they were the sand of the sea.Psalm 78:27
Psalm 103:14 For he knows our form. He has called to mind that we are dust.Psalm 103:14
Psalm 104:29 But if you turn your face away, they will be disturbed. You will take away their breath, and they will fail, and they will return to their dust.Psalm 104:29
Number of the word / term Dust in Psalm: 10
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 12:7 and the dust returns to its earth, from which it was, and the spirit returns to God, who granted it.Ecclesiastes 12:7
Number of the word / term Dust in Ecclesiastes: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 5:24 Because of this, as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the heat of a flame burns it completely, so will their root become like glowing embers, and so will their offshoot ascend like dust. For they have cast aside the law of the Lord of hosts, and they have blasphemed the eloquence of the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 5:24
Isaiah 16:4 My fugitives will live with you. Become a hiding place, O Moab, from the face of the destroyer. For the dust is at its end; the miserable one has been consumed. He who trampled the earth has failed.Isaiah 16:4
Isaiah 17:13 The peoples will make a noise, like the noise of waters overflowing, but he will rebuke him, and so he will flee far away. And he will be quickly taken away, like the dust of the mountains before the face of the wind, and like a whirlwind before a tempest.Isaiah 17:13
Isaiah 25:12 And the fortifications of your sublime walls will fall, and be brought low, and be torn down to the ground, even to the dust.Isaiah 25:12
Isaiah 26:5 For he will bend down those living in the heights. He will bring low the lofty city. He will lower it, even to the ground. He will tear it down, even to the dust.Isaiah 26:5
Isaiah 26:19 Your dead shall live. My slain will rise again. Be awakened, and give praise, you who live in the dust! For your dew is the dew of the light, and you shall be dragged down to the land of the giants, to ruination.Isaiah 26:19
Isaiah 29:5 And the multitude of those who fan you will be like fine dust. And the multitude of those who have prevailed against you will be like embers fading away.Isaiah 29:5
Isaiah 40:15 Behold, the nations are like a drop of water in a bucket, and they are considered as the smallest grain on a balance. Behold, the islands are like a little dust.Isaiah 40:15
Isaiah 41:2 Who has raised up a just man from the east, and has called him to follow him? He will place the nations under his gaze, and he will rule over kings. He will cause them to be like dust before his sword, like chaff driven by the wind before his bow.Isaiah 41:2
Isaiah 47:1 Descend, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground. There is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans. For you shall no longer be called delicate and tender.Isaiah 47:1
Isaiah 49:23 And kings will be your caretakers, and queens will be your nursemaids. They will reverence you with their face to the ground, and they will lick the dust at your feet. And you will know that I am the Lord. For those who hope in him will not be confounded.Isaiah 49:23
Isaiah 52:2 Shake yourself from the dust! Arise and sit up, O Jerusalem! Loose the chains from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion!Isaiah 52:2
Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb will pasture together. The lion and the ox will eat hay. And dust will be the food of the serpent. They will not harm, and they will not kill, on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.Isaiah 65:25
Number of the word / term Dust in Isaiah: 13
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 50:12 Your mother has been exceedingly shamed, and she who bore you has become equal to the dust. Behold, she will be the last among the nations, a desert, impassable and dry.Jeremiah 50:12
Number of the word / term Dust in Jeremiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 24:7 For her blood is in her midst; she has shed it upon the smoothest rock. She has not shed it upon the ground, so that it could be covered with dust.Ezekiel 24:7
Ezekiel 26:4 And they will break apart the walls of Tyre, and they will destroy its towers. And I will scrape her dust from her, and I will make her into the barest rock.Ezekiel 26:4
Ezekiel 26:10 He will cover you with the inundation of his horses and with their dust. Your walls will shake at the sound of horsemen and wheels and chariots, when they will have entered your gates, as if through the entrance of a city that has been broken open.Ezekiel 26:10
Ezekiel 26:12 They will lay waste to your wealth. They will despoil your businesses. And they will tear down your walls and overturn your eminent houses. And they will put your stones and your timber and your dust into the midst of the waters.Ezekiel 26:12
Ezekiel 27:30 And they will howl over you with a great voice, and they will cry out with bitterness. And they will cast dust upon their heads, and they will be sprinkled with ashes.Ezekiel 27:30
Number of the word / term Dust in Ezekiel: 5
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 12:2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awaken: some to everlasting life, and others to a reproach that they will always see.Daniel 12:2
Number of the word / term Dust in Daniel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 13:3 For this reason, they will be like the morning clouds, and like the morning dew that passes away, just like the dust that is driven by a whirlwind away from the threshing floor, and like the smoke from a chimney.Hosea 13:3
Number of the word / term Dust in Hosea: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Amos
Amos 2:7 They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth, and they divert the way of the humble. And the son, as well as his father, have gone to the same girl, so that they outrage my holy name.Amos 2:7
Number of the word / term Dust in Amos: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Micah
Micah 1:10 Do not be willing to announce it in Gath; may you not lament with tears. In the house of Dust, besprinkle yourselves with dust.Micah 1:10
Micah 7:17 They will lick the dust like serpents, and, like the creeping things of the earth, they will be disturbed in their houses. They will dread the Lord our God, and they will fear you.Micah 7:17
Number of the word / term Dust in Micah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Nahum
Nahum 1:3 The Lord is patient and great in strength, and those who are not clean, he makes innocent. The Lord is in a tempest, and his way is a whirlwind, and the clouds are dust at his feet.Nahum 1:3
Number of the word / term Dust in Nahum: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Zephaniah
Zephaniah 2:2 Until the decree settles accounts, the day like dust is passing away, before which the wrath of the fury of the Lord may overcome you, before which the day of the anger of the Lord may overcome you.Zephaniah 2:2
Number of the word / term Dust in Zephaniah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 10:14 And whoever has neither received you, nor listened to your words, departing from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.Matthew 10:14
Number of the word / term Dust in Matthew: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Mark
Mark 6:11 And whoever will neither receive you, nor listen to you, as you go away from there, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”Mark 6:11
Number of the word / term Dust in Mark: 1
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Luke
Luke 9:5 And whoever will not have received you, upon departing from that city, shake off even the dust on your feet, as a testimony against them.”Luke 9:5
Luke 10:11 ‘Even the dust which clings to us from your city, we wipe away against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has drawn near.’Luke 10:11
Number of the word / term Dust in Luke: 2
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Acts
Acts 13:51 But they, shaking the dust from their feet against them, went on to Iconium.Acts 13:51
Acts 22:23 And while they were shouting, and tossing aside their garments, and casting dust into the air,Acts 22:23
Number of the word / term Dust in Acts: 2
Bible passages with ‘Dust’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 18:19 And they cast dust upon their heads. And they cried out, weeping and mourning, saying: ‘Woe! Woe! to that great city, by which all who had ships at sea were made rich from her treasures. For she has been made desolate in one hour.Revelation 18:19
Number of the word / term ‘Dust’ in Revelation: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 82
