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 brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
Psalm 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
Psalm 49:9
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
Acts 2:27
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption:
Acts 13:34
And as concerning that he raised him from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
1 Corinthians 15:42
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption:
To the worm
Job 19:26
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Job 24:20
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
Isaiah 14:11
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
Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.
Isaiah 38:10
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.