16 Bible Verses about Maggots
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how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot -- a son of man, who is only a worm!"
Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol, as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. You lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of worms over you.
You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink wine or gather in grapes, because worms will eat them.
So God sent a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up.
But they did not listen to Moses; some kept part of it until morning, and it was full of worms and began to stink, and Moses was angry with them.
So they put it aside until the morning, just as Moses had commanded, and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it.
My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.
If I cry to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My Mother,' or 'My sister,'
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.
"They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent."
Don't be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you," says the Lord, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.
