Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

Bible References

Alike

Job 3:18
“The prisoners are at ease together;
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
Job 20:11
“His bones are full of his youthful vigor,
But it lies down with him in the dust.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who is afraid to swear.

The worms

Job 17:14
If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’;
To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;
Job 19:26
“Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall see God;
Psalm 49:14
As sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form shall be for Sheol to consume
So that they have no habitation.
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.’