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
When he is brought to [the] grave, then someone stands guard over [the] tomb.
Psalm 16:10
for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol; you will not give your faithful one to see [the] grave.
Psalm 49:9
so that he may stay alive forever [and] not see the pit.
Acts 2:27
because you will not abandon my soul in Hades, nor will you permit your Holy One to experience decay.
Acts 13:34
But that he has raised him from the dead, no more going to return to decay, he has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the reliable divine decrees of David.'
1 Corinthians 15:42
Thus also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.
To the worm
Job 19:26
And after my skin has been thus destroyed, but from my flesh I will see God,
Job 24:20
[The] womb forgets him. [The] maggot feasts on him [until] he is no longer remembered, and wickedness is broken like a tree.
Isaiah 14:11
Your pride is brought down [to] Sheol, [and] the sound of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you like a bed, and your covering is worms.
General references
Ecclesiastes 2:20
So {I began to despair} of all the toil with which I toiled under the sun.
Isaiah 38:10
I was the one who said, "I must go in the quiet of my days; I am summoned through the gates of Sheol [for] the rest of my years."