Quotes about Decay
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
— Job 18:16
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
— Proverbs 12:4
If I go back home to Wittenberg, I'll lie down in a coffin and give the maggots a fat doctor to eat.
— Martin Luther
No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.
— Isaiah 34:12
I'm sick with life, I'm rotten with health.
— Graham Greene
But when the bright light of all the world was put out, or, rather, when the Roman Empire was decapitated, and, to speak more correctly, the whole world perished in one city
— St. Jerome
They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.
— Exodus 8:14
As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.
— St. John Chrysostom
Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.
— Leviticus 26:39
The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.
— Isaiah 19:6
The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
— Isaiah 24:12
My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
— Job 7:5