11 Bible Verses about People Rotting
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So those of you who may be left will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the iniquities of their forefathers they will rot away with them.
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble
And dry grass collapses into the flame,
So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust;
For they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Now this will be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth.
Now it will come about that instead of sweet perfume there will be putrefaction;
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp;
Instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth;
And branding instead of beauty.
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim
And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
The memory of the righteous is blessed,
But the name of the wicked will rot.
A tranquil heart is life to the body,
But passion is rottenness to the bones.
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.
I heard and my inward parts trembled,
At the sound my lips quivered.
Decay enters my bones,
And in my place I tremble.
Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress,
For the people to arise who will invade us.