11 Bible Verses about People Rotting

"'As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors' iniquities which are with them.

So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the Lord who commands armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel.

But this will be the nature of the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that have fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will decay while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot away in their sockets, and their tongues will dissolve in their mouths.

A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner's brand will replace beauty.

I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.

Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.

A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.

I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us.