Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

Bible References

Alike

Job 3:18

“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.
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],’
Job 19:26

“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 shall be for Sheol to consume,
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].’