Thematic Bible: Physical decomposition


Thematic Bible






If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’;
And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’
Verse ConceptsGoing Down To The PitMaggotscorruptionworms



For You will not forsake me and abandon my soul to Hades (the realm of the dead),
Nor let Your Holy One undergo decay [after death].
Verse ConceptsThe DeadAbandonmentGrave, TheHadesNames And Titles For ChristDeath, DefeatedOvercoming DeathNo Decaycorruptionliberation


“Together they lie down in the dust,
And the worms cover them.
Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateMaggotsCondition Of The Bodyworms


All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.
Verse ConceptsDeath For Other ReasonsWork Ethicdust


So that he should live on eternally,
That he should never see the pit (grave) and undergo decay.
Verse ConceptsNot Dyingcorruption


You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their breath, they die
And return to their dust.
Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeFace Of GodChaosCreatures Returning To DustDeath Of CreaturesGod Hiding

All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust. Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateCreatures Returning To Dustdust

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“I descended to the [very] roots of the mountains.
The earth with its bars closed behind me [bolting me in] forever,
Yet You have brought up my life from the pit (death), O Lord my God.
Verse ConceptsPitsRootsSaved From The PitMan Going DownGod Lifting PeopleNot DyingBase Of ThingsDeath PreventedPits As A Term For Graves

he foresaw and spoke [prophetically] of the resurrection of the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), that He was not abandoned [in death] to Hades (the realm of the dead), nor did His body undergo decay. Verse ConceptsThe DeadCorruption, SolutionOvercoming DeathKnowing BeforehandNo DecayChrist Would Rise

And as to His having raised Him from among the dead, now no more to return to [undergo] putrefaction and dissolution [of the grave], He spoke in this way, I will fulfill and give to you the holy and sure mercy and blessings [that were promised and assured] to David. For this reason He says also in another psalm, You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption [to undergo putrefaction and dissolution of the grave]. For David, after he had served God's will and purpose and counsel in his own generation, fell asleep [ in death] and was buried among his forefathers, and he did see corruption and undergo putrefaction and dissolution [of the grave]. read more.
But He Whom God raised up [to life] saw no corruption [did not experience putrefaction and dissolution of the grave].

So it is with the resurrection of the dead. The [human] body that is sown is perishable and mortal, it is raised imperishable and immortal. Verse ConceptsCorruption Of BodyCorruption, SolutionDecayResurrectionTransient BodyEternal ExistenceNo DecayPeople Are CorruptibleThe Resurrectioncorruption

Now I say this, believers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit nor be part of the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable (mortal) inherit the imperishable (immortal). Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoExclusionTransient BodyLimitations Of The BodyNo DecayPeople Are Corruptiblecorruption

Nor shall you offer as the food of your God any such [animals obtained] from a foreigner, because their corruption and blemish makes them unfit; there is a defect in them, they shall not be accepted for you.’” Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of WorshipStrangersBlemished CreaturesAcceptancecorruption