Thematic Bible: Physical decomposition


Thematic Bible



In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken, - For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return. Verse ConceptsDust, Literal UseDust, Figurative UseMortalityPunishment, Nature OfSin, Effects OfSuffering, Nature OfWork, As Ordained By GodPhysical LabourSweatCreatures From DustReversion Of ThingsThe Fact Of ToilWorking For FoodDeathBreadGrandmothersdust


To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm. Verse ConceptsGoing Down To The PitMaggotscorruptionworms


Because thou wilt not abandon my soul unto hades, neither wilt thou give thy man of lovingkindness to see corruption; Verse ConceptsThe DeadAbandonmentGrave, TheHadesNames And Titles For ChristDeath, DefeatedOvercoming DeathNo Decaycorruptionliberation

Together, in the dust, they lie down, and, the worm, spreadeth a covering over them. Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateMaggotsCondition Of The Bodyworms

All flesh together, would cease to breathe, and, the earth-born, unto dust, would return. Verse ConceptsDeath For Other ReasonsWork Ethicdust

That he should, yet, live on, continually, Should not see corruption. Verse ConceptsNot Dyingcorruption

Thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed, Thou withdrawest their spirit, They cease to breathe, And, unto their own dust, do they return: Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeFace Of GodChaosCreatures Returning To DustDeath Of CreaturesGod Hiding

all, go unto one place, - all, came from the dust, and all, return to the dust. Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateCreatures Returning To Dustdust

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To the roots of the mountains, went I down, As for the earth, her bars, were about me, age-abidingly, - Then didst thou bring up - out of the pit - my life, O Yahweh my God. Verse ConceptsPitsRootsSaved From The PitMan Going DownGod Lifting PeopleNot DyingBase Of ThingsDeath PreventedPits As A Term For Graves

With foresight, spake he concerning the resurrection of the Christ - that neither was he abandoned unto hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. Verse ConceptsThe DeadCorruption, SolutionOvercoming DeathKnowing BeforehandNo DecayChrist Would Rise

And, in that he raised him from among the dead, no more destined to return unto corruption, on this wise hath he spoken - I will give unto you the faithful lovingkindnesses of David. Wherefore also, in a different place , he saith - Thou wilt not give thy man of lovingkindness to see corruption. For, David, indeed, unto his own generation having done service, by the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was added unto fathers, and saw corruption; read more.
But, he whom God hath raised, did not see corruption.


And, this, I say, brethren, - that, flesh and blood, cannot inherit, God's kingdom. Neither doth, corruption, inherit, incorruption. Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoExclusionTransient BodyLimitations Of The BodyNo DecayPeople Are Corruptiblecorruption

Even at the hand of the son of a stranger, shall ye not bring near the food of your God of any of these, - for, their damage is in them, a blemish, is in them, they shall not be accepted for you. Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of WorshipStrangersBlemished CreaturesAcceptancecorruption