27 Bible Verses about worms

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Psalm 22:6


But I am [treated as] a worm [insignificant and powerless] and not a man;
I am the scorn of men and despised by the people.

Mark 9:48

where their worm [that feeds on the dead] does not die, and the fire is not put out.

Isaiah 66:24


“Then they will go forth and look
Upon the dead bodies of the [rebellious] men
Who have transgressed against Me;
For their worm (maggot) will not die,
And their fire will not go out;
And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind.”

Isaiah 14:11


‘Your pomp and magnificence have been brought down to Sheol,
Along with the music of your harps;
The maggots [which prey on the dead] are spread out under you [as a bed]
And worms are your covering [Babylonian rulers].’

Job 25:6


How much less man, that maggot,
And the son of man, that worm!”

Deuteronomy 28:39

You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because the worm will eat them.

Isaiah 41:14


“Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel;
I will help you,” declares the Lord, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:46


He also gave their crops to the grasshopper,
And the fruit of their labor to the locust.

Job 19:26


“Even after my [mortal] skin is destroyed [by death],
Yet from my [immortal] flesh I will see God,

Job 24:20


“A mother will forget him;
The worm feeds on him until he is no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be broken like a tree [which cannot be restored].

Leviticus 11:42

Whatever crawls on its belly, and whatever walks on all fours, and whatever has many feet among all things that swarm on the ground, you shall not eat; for they are detestable.

Micah 7:17


They shall lick the dust like a serpent;
Like crawling things of the earth
They shall come trembling out of their fortresses and hiding places.
They shall turn and come with fear and dread to the Lord our God
And they shall be afraid and stand in awe before You [O Lord].

Mark 9:44

[where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out.]

Jonah 4:7

But God prepared a worm when morning dawned the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered.

Mark 9:46

[where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out.]

Exodus 16:20

But they did not listen to Moses, and some left a supply of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul and rotten; and Moses was angry with them.

Joel 2:25


“And I will compensate you for the years
That the swarming locust has eaten,
The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust—
My great army which I sent among you.

Job 21:26


“Together they lie down in the dust,
And the worms cover them.

Job 7:5


“My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust;
My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs.

Isaiah 51:8


“For the moth will eat them like a garment,
And the worm will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness and justice [faithfully promised] will exist forever,
And My salvation to all generations.”

Job 17:14


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],’

2 Timothy 3:6

For among them are those who worm their way into homes and captivate morally weak and spiritually-dwarfed women weighed down by [the burden of their] sins, easily swayed by various impulses,

Exodus 16:24

They put it aside until morning, as Moses told them, and it did not become foul nor was it wormy.

Acts 12:22

The assembled people kept shouting, “It is the voice of a god and not of a man!”

Job 13:28


While I waste away like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Isaiah 14:16


“Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will consider you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,

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