Thematic Bible: Physical decomposition


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[if] I call to the pit, 'You [are] my father,' to the maggot, '[You are] my mother or my sister,' Verse ConceptsGoing Down To The PitMaggotscorruptionworms


because you will not abandon my soul in Hades, nor will you permit your Holy One to experience decay. Verse ConceptsThe DeadAbandonmentGrave, TheHadesNames And Titles For ChristDeath, DefeatedOvercoming DeathNo Decaycorruptionliberation

They lie down together in [the] dust, and maggots cover them. Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateMaggotsCondition Of The Bodyworms

all flesh would perish together, and humankind would return to dust. Verse ConceptsDeath For Other ReasonsWork Ethicdust

so that he may stay alive forever [and] not see the pit. Verse ConceptsNot Dyingcorruption

You hide your face, they are terrified. You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeFace Of GodChaosCreatures Returning To DustDeath Of CreaturesGod Hiding

Both go to one place--both came from dust and both return to dust. Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateCreatures Returning To Dustdust

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I went down to the foundations of [the] mountains; the Underworld--its bars [were] around me forever. But you brought up my life from [the] pit, Yahweh my God. Verse ConceptsPitsRootsSaved From The PitMan Going DownGod Lifting PeopleNot DyingBase Of ThingsDeath PreventedPits As A Term For Graves

[by] having foreseen [this], he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he abandoned in Hades nor did his flesh experience decay. Verse ConceptsThe DeadCorruption, SolutionOvercoming DeathKnowing BeforehandNo DecayChrist Would Rise

But that he has raised him from the dead, no more going to return to decay, he has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the reliable divine decrees of David.' Therefore he also says in another [psalm], 'You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.' For David, [after] serving the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and {was buried with} his fathers, and experienced decay. read more.
But he whom God raised up did not experience decay.

Thus also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility. Verse ConceptsCorruption Of BodyCorruption, SolutionDecayResurrectionTransient BodyEternal ExistenceNo DecayPeople Are CorruptibleThe Resurrectioncorruption

But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruptibility. Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoExclusionTransient BodyLimitations Of The BodyNo DecayPeople Are Corruptiblecorruption

And you shall not present your God's food from any of these by the hand of {a foreigner}, because their deformity [is] in them; a physical defect [is] in them; they shall not be accepted for you.'" Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of WorshipStrangersBlemished CreaturesAcceptancecorruption