Bible: “worm” – SG Heritage Dictionary

36 verses contain “worm” (in the KJV: 34, in the BSB: 23) — showing 1–36

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Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.

But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

Exodus 16:24

And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.

So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.

Deuteronomy 28:39

Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.

Deuteronomy 29:18

Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,

Job 7:5

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

Job 17:14

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Job 19:26

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

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

Job 21:26

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

But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.

Job 24:20

The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.

Job 25:6

How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”

Psalms 22:6

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

Proverbs 5:4

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

Isaiah 14:11

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.

Isaiah 41:14

Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”

Isaiah 66:24

And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”

Jeremiah 9:15

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.

Jeremiah 23:15

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

Lamentations 3:15

He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.

Lamentations 3:19

Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

Amos 5:7

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

Amos 6:12

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

Jonah 4:7

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

Micah 7:17

They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.

They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

Mark 9:44

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Mark 9:46

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Mark 9:48

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’

Acts 12:23

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

2 Timothy 3:6

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

Revelation 8:11

And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.

Judith 16:17

Woe to the nations that rise up against my kindred! the Lord Almighty will take vengeance of them in the day of judgment, in putting fire and worms in their flesh; and they shall feel them, and weep for ever.

Sirach 7:17

Humble thyself greatly: for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.

Sirach 10:11

For when a man is dead, he shall inherit creeping things, beasts, and worms.

Sirach 19:3

Moths and worms shall have him to heritage, and a bold man shall be taken away.

1 Maccabees 2:62

Fear not then the words of a sinful man: for his glory shall be dung and worms.

2 Maccabees 9:9

So that the worms rose up out of the body of this wicked man, and whiles he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell away, and the filthiness of his smell was noisome to all his army.