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 are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
Job 20:11
His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath.
The worms
Job 17:14
if I say to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother,' or 'My sister,'
Job 19:26
And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
Isaiah 14:11
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers.