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
the prisoners are at rest together; they hear not the voice of the slave driver.
Job 20:11
His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it lies down with him in the dust.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
All happens 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 who sacrifices, and to him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner. He who swears is as he who fears an oath.
The worms
Job 17:14
I have said to corruption, You are my father; to the worm, My mother and my sister!
Job 19:26
and even after they corrupt my skin, yet this: in my flesh I shall see God,
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep they are appointed to the grave; death shall reign for them; and the upright shall have the rule over them in the morning; and their form is for rotting; the grave is their home.
Isaiah 14:11
Your pride is brought down to the grave, and the noise of your harps. The maggot is spread under you, and the worms cover you.