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 hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Job 20:11
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that swears, as he that fears an oath.
The worms
Job 17:14
I have said to corruption, You are my father: to the worm, You are my mother, and my sister.
Job 19:26
And though after my skin is thus destroyed, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Isaiah 14:11
Your pomp is brought down to the grave, and the sound of your harps: the maggot is spread under you, and the worms cover you.