Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
To the worm
General references
Bible References
Corruption
Job 21:32
Yet he shall be borne to the grave, and men shall keep watch over the tomb.
Psalm 16:10
For thou will not leave my soul to Sheol, nor will thou allow thy holy man to see corruption.
Psalm 49:9
that he should still live always, that he should not see corruption.
Acts 2:27
Because thou will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will thou give thy Holy man to see decay.
Acts 13:34
And because he raised him from the dead, no longer going to return to decay, he has spoken this way: I will give to you the faithful holy things of David.
1 Corinthians 15:42
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in the perishable, it is raised in imperishability.
To the worm
Job 19:26
And after my skin, this [body], is destroyed, then outside my flesh I shall see God,
Job 24:20
The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
Isaiah 14:11
Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, [and] the noise of thy viols. The worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.
General references
Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
Isaiah 38:10
I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.