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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if I say to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother,' or 'My sister,'
They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.
The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like a tree.'
how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers.
Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I am the one who helps you, declares the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
"And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
'where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.