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
And he -- to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.
Psalm 16:10
For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.
Psalm 49:9
And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
Acts 2:27
because Thou wilt not leave my soul to hades, nor wilt Thou give Thy Kind One to see corruption;
Acts 13:34
And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus -- I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David;
1 Corinthians 15:42
So also is the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;
To the worm
Job 19:26
And after my skin hath compassed this body, Then from my flesh I see God:
Job 24:20
Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.
Isaiah 14:11
Brought down to Sheol hath been thine excellency, The noise of thy psaltery, Under thee spread out hath been the worm, Yea, covering thee is the worm.
General references
Ecclesiastes 2:20
And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.
Isaiah 38:10
I -- I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years.