2009-09-27T19:28:01-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/dust+to+dust/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%203:19&version=NIV 2009-09-27T19:28:01-05:00 The phrase "ashes to ashes, dust to dust" is a reference to this verse, which declares that mankind, which was created out of the dust, will inevitably return to it in death. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%203:20&version=NIV 2009-07-31T13:22:45-05:00 Adam, the first human, was created out of dust, and this verse reminds us that death--a return to dust--is an inevitable part of the human existence. Not an uplifting verse, perhaps, but a simple reality to be accepted.