Job 17:14
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Cross-reference
In Job 17:1, Job declares his spirit broken and the grave ready — immediate context for calling worms his family.
In Job 19:26, despite decay, Job expresses hope of seeing God — contrasting the despair of calling corruption family.
In Job 21:26, both righteous and wicked lie in dust covered by worms — universalizing the decay Job claims as kin.
In Job 30:29, Job uses similar kinship language with jackals and ostriches, reinforcing his degradation and isolation.
In Job 7:5, Job's flesh is clothed with worms — a direct physical parallel to calling worms his family.
In Job 10:9, Job reminds God he was made from dust and will return — echoing the corruption theme.
Job 21:33 says the wicked's grave is sweet — contrasting with Job's view of corruption as his family.
In Job 24:20, the wicked are forgotten and worms feed on them — echoing the same worm imagery for death's decay.
1 Corinthians 15:54 proclaims death swallowed up in victory when corruption puts on incorruption — the ultimate answer to Job's despair over corruption.
1 Corinthians 15:53 declares the corruptible must put on incorruption — directly addressing the corruption Job calls father with a future hope.
1 Corinthians 15:42 says the body is sown in corruption but raised in incorruption — contrasting Job's lament with the promise of transformation.
Acts 13:34-37 contrasts David who saw corruption with Christ who did not — echoing Job's theme of corruption but with resurrection hope.
Acts 2:27-31 applies Psalm 16:10 to Christ's resurrection — contrasting Job's expectation of corruption with Christ's victory over it.
Psalm 16:10 promises the Holy One will not see corruption — directly contrasting Job's claim that corruption is his father.
Proverbs 7:4 uses the same 'sister' language for wisdom, contrasting Job's address to corruption.
Acts 13:36 states David saw corruption (physical decay), directly using the same term Job personifies.
In Isaiah 14:11, worms become the bed and covering of the fallen king — a similar metaphor for humiliation in death.
Psalm 49:14 describes death as shepherd and bodies consumed in Sheol, echoing Job's personification of decay.