Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

Bible References

He shall be

Proverbs 10:7
The reputation of the righteous leads to blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Ecclesiastes 8:10
So I watched the wicked being entombed. They used to come in and out of the Holy Place, but now they are forgotten in the city, where they used to work. This, too, is pointless.
Isaiah 26:14
The dead won't live, and the departed spirits won't rise to that end, you punished and destroyed them, then locked away all memory of them.

Wickedness

Job 14:7
"There is hope for the tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots won't stop growing.
Job 18:16
His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off.
Daniel 4:14
He called out aloud:
Matthew 3:10
The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree that isn't producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

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