Verse 20

The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.
• Dan 4:14 : 14 Crying out with a loud voice; and this is what he said: Let the tree be cut down and its branches broken off; let its leaves be taken off and its fruit sent in every direction: let the beasts get away from under it and the birds from its branches:
• Job 18:16-17 : 16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off. 17 His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.
• Job 19:26 : 26 And ... without my flesh I will see God;
• Job 14:7-9 : 7 For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end. 8 Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust; 9 Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant. 10 But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
• Job 17:14 : 14 If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;
• Matt 3:10 : 10 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.
• Eccl 8:10 : 10 And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.
• Isa 26:14 : 14 The dead will not come back to life: their spirits will not come back to earth; for this cause you have sent destruction on them, so that the memory of them is dead.