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
Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver's shout.
Job 20:11
The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
The same thing comes 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 does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; and he that swears, as he that fears and refrains from an oath.
The worms
Job 17:14
If I say to the pit: You are my father! And to the worm: You are my mother and sister!
Job 19:26
Even after my skin is gone and this body destroyed, I will see God in my own flesh.
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep, they are laid in the grave. Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule them in the morning. Their forms will decay in the grave, far away from their comfortable homes.
Isaiah 14:11
Your pride has been brought down to the grave along with the music of your harps. Maggots are spread out like a bed under you, and worms cover you.'