Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

General references

Bible References

Pomp

Isaiah 21:4

My mind reels, horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been turned into fear and trembling for me.
Isaiah 22:2

You [Jerusalem] who were full of noise,
A tumultuous city, a joyous and exuberant city;
Your slain were not slain [in a glorious death] with the sword,
Nor did they die in battle.
Job 21:11

“They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children skip about.
Ezekiel 26:13
So I will silence your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard.
Ezekiel 32:19

‘Whom [among them] do you surpass in beauty?
Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised (the barbaric, the boorish, the crude).’
Daniel 5:1
Belshazzar the king [who was a descendant of Nebuchadnezzar] gave a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking his wine in the presence of the thousand [guests].
Amos 6:3

Do you put off the day of punishment,
Yet cause the seat of violence to come near?
Revelation 18:11
“And merchants of the earth will weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their cargo (goods, merchandise) anymore—

The worm

Isaiah 66:24

“Then they will go forth and look
Upon the dead bodies of the [rebellious] men
Who have transgressed against Me;
For their worm (maggot) will not die,
And their fire will not go out;
And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind.”
Job 17:13

“But if I look to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) as my home,
If I make my bed in the darkness,
Job 24:19

“Drought and heat consume the snow waters;
So does Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) [consume] those who have sinned.
Mark 9:43
If your hand causes you to stumble and sin, cut it off [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]! It is better for you to enter life crippled, than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,

General references

Ezekiel 26:13
So I will silence your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard.