Job 17:14

If I cry to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My Mother,' or 'My sister,'

Psalm 16:10

You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.

Job 13:28

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

Job 19:26

And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,

Job 21:26

Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover over them both.

Job 21:32-33

And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,

Job 24:20

The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

Job 30:30

My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.

Psalm 49:9

so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

Isaiah 14:11

Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol, as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. You lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of worms over you.

Acts 2:27-31

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.

Acts 13:34-37

But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead, never again to be in a state of decay, God has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.'

1 Corinthians 15:42

It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

1 Corinthians 15:53-54

For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

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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
And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,
Psalm 16:10
You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.
Psalm 49:9
so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.
Acts 2:27
because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.
Acts 13:34
But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead, never again to be in a state of decay, God has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.'
1 Corinthians 15:42
It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

To the worm

Job 19:26
And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,
Job 24:20
The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.
Isaiah 14:11
Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol, as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. You lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of worms over you.

General references

Ecclesiastes 2:20
So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.
Isaiah 38:10
"I thought, 'In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.'

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