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Genesis 18:27
Then Abraham spoke again.“ Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.
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Job 9:31
you would plunge me into a muddy ditch, and my own filthy clothing would hate me.
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Job 42:6
I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
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Psalms 69:1-2
Save me, O God, for the floodwaters are up to my neck.Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire; I can’t find a foothold. I am in deep water, and the floods overwhelm me.
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Psalms 69:14
Rescue me from the mud; don’t let me sink any deeper! Save me from those who hate me, and pull me from these deep waters.
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Jeremiah 38:6
So the officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into an empty cistern in the prison yard. It belonged to Malkijah, a member of the royal family. There was no water in the cistern, but there was a thick layer of mud at the bottom, and Jeremiah sank down into it.
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Job 2:8
Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.