23 Bible Verses about Dirt (KJV)

Here are 23 Bible verses about dirt, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

John 9:6 KJV

⁶When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

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Genesis 2:7 KJV

⁷And 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.

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Genesis 1:1-31 KJV

¹In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. ²And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. ³And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. ⁴And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. …

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1 Peter 3:21 KJV

²¹The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

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Genesis 3:19 KJV

¹⁹In 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.

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Acts 13:51 KJV

⁵¹But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.

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Luke 10:11 KJV

¹¹Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

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Luke 9:5 KJV

⁵And 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.

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Matthew 13:1-58 KJV

¹The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. ²And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. ³And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; ⁴And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls …

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Nehemiah 5:13 KJV

¹³Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.

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Acts 18:6 KJV

⁶And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

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Mark 6:11 KJV

¹¹And 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.

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Matthew 10:14 KJV

¹⁴And 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.

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Psalm 104:29 KJV

²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

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Genesis 2:8 KJV

⁸And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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Genesis 2:6 KJV

⁶But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

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1 Corinthians 15:47 KJV

⁴⁷The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

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1 Corinthians 4:13 KJV

¹³Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

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Lamentations 3:45 KJV

⁴⁵Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

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Isaiah 64:8 KJV

⁸But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

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Job 33:6 KJV

⁶Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

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Judges 3:22 KJV

²²And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.

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Genesis 3:18 KJV

¹⁸Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

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