Reference: Worms
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The worm is used symbolically to show the extreme feebleness of man. Job 17:14; 25:6. In blessing Israel Jehovah said, "Fear not, thou worm Jacob," Isa 41:14; and the Lord, to indicate the low estate in which He was, said, "I am a worm and no man." Ps 22:6. In the grave man's body becomes the companion of worms, if they do not actually feed upon it. Job 21:26; 24:20; Isa 14:11. Of the eternal punishment of the wicked it is recorded "their worm dieth not." Mr 9:44,46,48; cf. Isa 66:24. Herod Agrippa, being smitten by an angel, was literally 'eaten of worms.' Ac 12:23. In Job 25:6 man is compared to a worm
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I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!
Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.
The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, --
How much less man, a worm, and the son of man, a worm!
How much less man, a worm, and the son of man, a worm!
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.
thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the maggot is spread under thee, And worms cover thee.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorrence unto all flesh.
where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.