2009-09-27T19:28:01-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/ash/ 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.