Quotes about Decay

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

that he should live on forever and not see decay.

Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.

The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.

The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.