Job 17:14

if I call out to the Pit, "You're my father!' or say to the worm, "My mother!' or "My sister!'

Psalm 16:10

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, you will not allow your holy one to experience corruption.

Job 13:28

So I'm a man who wears out like something rotten, like a garment that has become moth-eaten."

Job 19:26

Even after my skin has been destroyed, clothed in my flesh I will see God,

Job 21:26

They both lie down in the dust; and worms cover them."

Job 21:32-33

when he is carried away to the cemetery and guardians are placed to watch his tomb?

Job 24:20

The womb will forget them. Maggots will find them to be a delicacy! They won't be remembered anymore, their iniquity will be cut to pieces like firewood.

Job 30:30

My skin turns black all over me; and my bones seem burned from the heat.

Psalm 49:9

that he should go on living and not see corruption.

Isaiah 14:11

Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the noise of your harps. Maggots are spread out beneath you, and worms are your covering."

Acts 2:27-31

For you will not abandon my soul to Hades or allow your Holy One to experience decay.

Acts 13:34-37

God raised him from the dead, never to experience decay, as he said, "I'll give you the holy promises made to David.'

1 Corinthians 15:42

This is how it will be at the resurrection of the dead. What is planted is decaying, what is raised cannot decay.

1 Corinthians 15:53-54

For what is decaying must be clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying must be clothed with what cannot die.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

General references

Bible References

Corruption

Job 21:32
when he is carried away to the cemetery and guardians are placed to watch his tomb?
Psalm 16:10
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, you will not allow your holy one to experience corruption.
Psalm 49:9
that he should go on living and not see corruption.
Acts 2:27
For you will not abandon my soul to Hades or allow your Holy One to experience decay.
Acts 13:34
God raised him from the dead, never to experience decay, as he said, "I'll give you the holy promises made to David.'
1 Corinthians 15:42
This is how it will be at the resurrection of the dead. What is planted is decaying, what is raised cannot decay.

To the worm

Job 19:26
Even after my skin has been destroyed, clothed in my flesh I will see God,
Job 24:20
The womb will forget them. Maggots will find them to be a delicacy! They won't be remembered anymore, their iniquity will be cut to pieces like firewood.
Isaiah 14:11
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the noise of your harps. Maggots are spread out beneath you, and worms are your covering."

General references

Ecclesiastes 2:20
So I came to be in despair about everything I had accomplished on earth.
Isaiah 38:10
I said, "Must I leave in the prime of my life? Must I be consigned to the control of Sheol? Bitter are my years!"

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