'Rotten' in the Bible
Man wears out like something rotten,like a moth-eaten garment. >
He regards iron as straw,and bronze as rotten wood.
Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult timeis like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes strawand as dry grass shrivels in the flame,so their roots will become like something rottenand their blossoms will blow away like dust,for they have rejectedthe instruction of the Lord of Hosts,and they have despisedthe word of the Holy One of Israel.
This is what the Lord of Hosts says: “I am about to send against them sword, famine, and plague and will make them like rotten figs that are inedible because they are so bad.
I will drive the northerner far from youand banish him to a dry and desolate land,his front ranks into the Dead Sea,and his rear guard into the Mediterranean Sea.His stench will rise;yes, his rotten smell will rise,for he has done catastrophic things.
No foul language is to come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.