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Dust
Storms of sand and dust sometimes overtake Eastern travellers. They are very dreadful, many perishing under them. Jehovah threatens to bring on the land of Israel, as a punishment for forsaking him, a rain of “powder and dust” (Deut. 28:24).
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To cast dust on the head was a sign of mourning (Josh. 7:6); and to sit in dust, of extreme affliction (Isa. 47:1). “Dust” is used to denote the grave (Job 7:21). “To shake off the dust from one’s feet” against another is to renounce all future intercourse with him (Matt. 10:14; Acts 13:51). To “lick the dust” is a sign of abject submission (Ps. 72:9); and to throw dust at one is a sign of abhorrence (2 Sam. 16:13; comp. Acts 22:23).
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[Mourning]
In the Bible
115
Verses where Dust is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Corinthians 15:47
The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
- 1 Kings 16:2
“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.
- 1 Kings 18:38
Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
- 1 Kings 20:10
Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
- 1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
- 2 Chronicles 1:9
Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
+109 more verses naming Dust.
Scripture on Dust
102
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- Joshua 72 Samuel 162 Kings 23Psalms 22Psalms 72Isaiah 26Isaiah 29Isaiah 34Isaiah 40Isaiah 47Lamentations 2Lamentations 3Matthew 10Acts 13Acts 22Genesis 2Genesis 13Genesis 18Genesis 28Exodus 9Leviticus 14Leviticus 17Numbers 5Numbers 23Deuteronomy 9Deuteronomy 321 Samuel 22 Samuel 12 Samuel 152 Samuel 221 Kings 161 Kings 181 Kings 202 Kings 132 Chronicles 12 Chronicles 34Nehemiah 9Job 2Job 4Job 5Job 8Job 10Job 14Job 16Job 17Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 27Job 28Job 30Job 34Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 42Psalms 7Psalms 18Psalms 30Psalms 44Psalms 78Psalms 89Psalms 90Psalms 102Psalms 103Psalms 104Psalms 113Psalms 119Proverbs 8Ecclesiastes 3Ecclesiastes 12Isaiah 2Isaiah 5Isaiah 25Isaiah 30Isaiah 41Isaiah 49Isaiah 52Isaiah 65Jeremiah 17Jeremiah 25Ezekiel 24Ezekiel 27Daniel 12Amos 2Micah 1Micah 7Nahum 1Nahum 3Habakkuk 1Zephaniah 1Zechariah 9Mark 6Luke 9Luke 101 Corinthians 15Revelation 18
Voices on Dust
24
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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