Job 24:20

World English Bible (2000)

The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
  • Dan 4:14 : 14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the animals get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.
  • Job 18:16-17 : 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street.
  • Job 19:26 : 26 After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,
  • Job 14:7-9 : 7 "For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease. 8 Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground, 9 yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
  • Job 17:14 : 14 If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' to the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'
  • Matt 3:10 : 10 "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
  • Eccl 8:10 : 10 So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.
  • Isa 26:14 : 14 The dead shall not live. The deceased shall not rise. Therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.

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    11His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the dust.

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