Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
The worms
Bible References
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Job 3:18
“There the prisoners rest together;
They do not hear the taskmaster’s voice.
“There the prisoners rest together;
They do not hear the taskmaster’s voice.
Job 20:11
“His bones are full of youthful strength
But it lies down with him in the dust.
“His bones are full of youthful strength
But it lies down with him in the dust.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers sacrifices and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as he who swears an oath is, so is he who is afraid to swear an oath.
The worms
Job 17:14
If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’;
And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’
If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’;
And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’
Job 19:26
“Even after my [mortal] skin is destroyed [by death],
Yet from my [immortal] flesh I will see God,
“Even after my [mortal] skin is destroyed [by death],
Yet from my [immortal] flesh I will see God,
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
Death will be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form and beauty shallbe for Sheol to consume,
So that they have no dwelling [on earth].
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
Death will be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form and beauty shall
So that they have no dwelling [on earth].
Isaiah 14:11
‘Your pomp and magnificence have been brought down to Sheol,
Along with the music of your harps;
The maggots [which prey on the dead] are spread out under you [as a bed]
And worms are your covering [Babylonian rulers].’
‘Your pomp and magnificence have been brought down to Sheol,
Along with the music of your harps;
The maggots [which prey on the dead] are spread out under you [as a bed]
And worms are your covering [Babylonian rulers].’