27 Bible Verses about worms
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But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by men and despised by people.
“As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never go out, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol,
along with the music of your harps.
Maggots are spread out under you,
and worms cover you.”
You will plant and cultivate vineyards but not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
Do not fear, you worm Jacob,
you men of Israel:
I will help you—
this is the Lord’s declaration.
Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
He gave their crops to the caterpillar
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
The womb forgets them;
worms feed on them;
they are remembered no more.
So injustice is broken like a tree.
Do not eat any of the creatures that swarm on the earth, anything that moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet, for they are detestable.
They will lick the dust like a snake;
they will come trembling out of their hiding places
like reptiles slithering on the ground.
They will tremble in the presence of Yahweh our God;
they will stand in awe of You.
When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, and it withered.
At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he became infected with worms and died.
But they didn’t listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and smelled. Therefore Moses was angry with them.
I will repay you for the years
that the swarming locust ate,
the young locust, the destroying locust,
and the devouring locust—
My great army that I sent against you.
My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.
My skin forms scabs and then oozes.
For the moth will devour them like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
and My salvation for all generations.
and say to corruption: You are my father,
and to the maggot: My mother or my sister,
For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions,
So they set it aside until morning as Moses commanded, and it didn’t smell or have any maggots in it.
The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man!”
Man wears out like something rotten,
like a moth-eaten garment.
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Those who see you will stare at you;
they will look closely at you:
“Is this the man who caused the earth to tremble,
who shook the kingdoms,
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At once an angel of the Lord