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 relax together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
Job 20:11
His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
Everyone shares the same fate -- the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the ceremonially clean and unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. What happens to the good person, also happens to the sinner; what happens to those who make vows, also happens to those who are afraid to make vows.
The worms
Job 17:14
If I cry to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My Mother,' or 'My sister,'
Job 19:26
And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,
Psalm 49:14
They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.
Isaiah 14:11
Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol, as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. You lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of worms over you.