What Does the Bible Say About Dust To Dust?

Genesis 3:19 ESV / 14 helpful votes

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.”

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.

1 Corinthians 15:45-48 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity. All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.

Job 34:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

All flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Genesis 18:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

Daniel 12:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Isaiah 26:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.

1 Corinthians 15:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. ...

Acts 2:37-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 3:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.

Isaiah 38:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your faithfulness.

Ecclesiastes 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.

Ecclesiastes 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.

Psalm 89:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

Psalm 78:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.

Psalm 39:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!

Job 42:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

Job 34:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If he should set his heart to it and gather to himself his spirit and his breath,

Job 14:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come. You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands.

Genesis 2:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

Genesis 2:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Genesis 2:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Genesis 1:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”

1 Timothy 6:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

34 Bible Verses about Dust To Dust

Genesis 3:19 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:45-48 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Job 34:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 18:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Daniel 12:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 26:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:37-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 38:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 89:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 78:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 39:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 42:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 34:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 14:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Dust To Dust

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Genesis 3:19 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:45-48 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Job 34:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 18:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Daniel 12:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 26:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:37-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 38:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 89:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 78:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 39:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 42:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 34:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 14:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote