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Job 17:14 — I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

said		Heb. cried, or, called
corruption		Job 21:32,33; Psa 16:10; Psa 49:9; Act 2:27-31; Act 13:34-37; 1Cr 15:42,53,54
to the worm		Job 19:26; Job 24:20; Isa 14:11

Correlating Passages

corruption

	Job 21:32	Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
	Job 21:33	The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.
	Psa 16:10	For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
	Psa 49:9	That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.
	Act 2:27	Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
	Act 2:28	Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
	Act 2:29	Men [and] brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
	Act 2:30	Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
	Act 2:31	He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
	Act 13:34	And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, [now] no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
	Act 13:35	Wherefore he saith also in another [psalm], Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
	Act 13:36	For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
	Act 13:37	But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
	1Cr 15:42	So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
	1Cr 15:53	For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality.
	1Cr 15:54	So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

to the worm

	Job 19:26	And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:
	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.
	Isa 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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 17:14," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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