“You come from dust, and you will return to dust. That’s why I don’t dust. It could be someone I know!” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The original “from dust to dust” saying is from the Bible, in both Genesis 3:19 and Ecclesiastes 3:20.
   
“You are dust and you will return to dust. That’s why I don’t dust. It could be someone I know” was posted on Twitter by Mike Bianchi (and others) on November 26, 2018. The saying possibly originated on an image.
     
     
Bible Hub
Genesis 3:19
New International Version
“By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
 
Bible Hub
Ecclesiastes 3:20          
New International Version
“All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.”
 
Twitter
Mike Bianchi
@Alaska_Hippie
You are dust and you will return to dust.
That’s why I don’t dust. It could be someone I know.
2:43 PM · Nov 26, 2018·Facebook
   
Twitter
Anthony Giambalvo
@cmekajsdad
You are dust, and to dust you shall return.
That’s why I don’t dust—it could be someone I know.
3:59 PM · Nov 26, 2018·Facebook
   
Twitter
Darling Deaky
@9262Laura
You are dust and you will return to dust…
That’s why I don’t dust
It could be somebody I know.
5:08 PM · Nov 26, 2018·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Vickie 🇺🇲🇺🇲
@MissyV272
We are all dust and you will return to dust…that’s why I don’t dust. It could be someone I know…
6:47 PM · Nov 26, 2018·Facebook
   
Twitter
Andrew D. Kaufman, Ph.D.
@andrewdkaufman
You are dust & shall return to dust.
That’s why I don’t dust. It could be someone I know.
- Psails
@andrewdkaufman
#dustbox #dusty #DidYouKnow #humor #MondayMotivaton
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8:30 PM · Nov 26, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Clothesline Cleaners
@ClotheslineSA
We are all dust, and we will all return to dust. That’s why I don’t dust. It might be someone I know.
9:13 PM · Nov 26, 2018·Facebook
   
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kelsey michel
@kelseymichh
you are dust and you will return to dust. that’s why I don’t dust bc it could be somebody I know.
9:26 PM · Nov 26, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
     
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/FieryFennec November 28, 2018
You came from dust and you will return to dust…
That’s why I don’t dust. It could be someone I know.
 
10 April 2019, Daily Star (London, UK), pg. 20:     
You come from dust. You will return to dust. That’s why I don’t dust. It may be someone I know.
   
Twitter
Michael Catt
@MichaelCatt
“You come from dust.
You return to dust.
That’s why I don’t dust.
It might be somebody I know.”
Copyright © 2019 Derric Johnson Press
8:13 AM · Jul 8, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
   
Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/Razhagal November 30, 2020
You are dust, and you will return to dust…
That’s why I don’t dust, it could be someone I know.
 
Twitter 
mr x
@gorhol35
You are dust and you will return to dust and that’s why i don’t dust because it could be someone i know…
8:33 PM · Dec 1, 2020·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Ev Lenz
@EvLenz
You came from dust. You return to dust. That’s why I don’t dust. It could be someone I know.
5:13 AM · Jan 19, 2021·Twitter Web App
 
Facebook
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February 4, 2021 at 9:55 PM ·
Shared by Martin Gob Mulkearns
(The following is shown on an image.—ed.)
YOU COME FROM DUST,
YOU WILL RETURN TO DUST.
THAT’S WHY I DON’T DUST.
IT COULD BE SOMEONE I KNOW.