Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
To the worm
General references
Bible References
Corruption
Job 21:32 “While he is carried to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.
Men will keep watch over his tomb.
Psalm 16:10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol;
Nor will Youallow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
Nor will You
Psalm 49:9 That he should live on eternally,
That he should notundergo decay.
That he should not
Acts 2:27 Because You will not abandon my soul to Hades,
Nor allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
Acts 13:34
As for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’
1 Corinthians 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body;
To the worm
Job 19:26 “Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shallsee God;
Yet from my flesh I shall
Job 24:20 “A mother will forget him;
Theworm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be brokenlike a tree.
The
And wickedness will be broken
Isaiah 14:11 ‘Your pomp and the music of your harps
Have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you
And worms are your covering.’
Have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you
And worms are your covering.’
General references
Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
Isaiah 38:10 I said, “In the middle of my life
I am to enter thegates of Sheol;
I am to bedeprived of the rest of my years.”
I am to enter the
I am to be