Job 17:14

New Century Version

if I say to the grave, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘You are my mother’ or ‘You are my sister,’

Cross References

Job 13:28

“Everyone wears out like something rotten, like clothing eaten by moths.

Job 19:26

Even after my skin has been destroyed, in my flesh I will see God.

Job 21:26

They are buried next to each other, and worms cover them both.

Job 24:20

Their mothers forget them, and worms will eat their bodies. They will not be remembered, so wickedness is broken in pieces like a stick.

Job 25:6

People are much less! They are like insects. They are only worms!”

Job 30:30

My skin has become black and peels off, as my body burns with fever.

Job 7:5

My body is covered with worms and scabs, and my skin is broken and full of sores.

Psalm 16:10

because you will not leave me in the grave. You will not let your holy one rot.

Psalm 49:9

Do people live forever? Don’t they all face death?

Isaiah 14:11

Your pride has been sent down to the place of the dead. The music from your harps goes with it. Flies are spread out like your bed beneath you, and worms cover your body like a blanket.

1 Corinthians 15:42

It is the same with the dead who are raised to life. The body that is “planted” will ruin and decay, but it is raised to a life that cannot be destroyed.