Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; fo
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “I
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven,
Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher t