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.

Cross-reference

Job 17:14 Parallel

Job 17:14 also personifies the worm as family, deepening the motif of bodily decay in death.

Job 18:16 Parallel

Job 18:16 describes the wicked's roots drying and branches withering — the same tree imagery for their destruction.

Job 18:17 Parallel

In Job 18:17, Bildad says the wicked's memory perishes — the same fate of being forgotten as in Job 24:20.

Job 19:26 Contrast

Job 19:26 expresses hope of seeing God after destruction, contrasting with the wicked's forgotten decay here.

Job 19:10 Parallel

In Job 19:10, Job says his hope is pulled up like a tree — mirroring the wicked being broken like a tree in Job 24:20.

Job 14:7-10 uses tree imagery for the finality of human death, paralleling the wickedness broken like a tree.

Job 7:5 Parallel

In Job 7:5, Job describes his own flesh with worms — similar to the worm feasting on the wicked in Job 24:20.

Proverbs 10:7 says the wicked's name rots, directly paralleling the forgotten memory of sinners in Job.

Isaiah 26:14 declares the wicked's remembrance wiped out, matching Job's 'no longer remembered'.

In Isaiah 14:11, the king of Babylon is covered with worms — the same worm imagery for the wicked's end as in Job 24:20.

Psalm 49:14 Parallel

In Psalm 49:14, the wicked are consumed in Sheol — similar to being forgotten and eaten by worms in Job 24:20.

Psalm 73:4 Contrast

In Psalm 73:4, the wicked seem to have no suffering — contrasting with their eventual worm-eaten oblivion in Job 24:20.

Daniel 4:14 Parallel

In Daniel 4:14, a tree is chopped down as judgment — echoing the 'broken like a tree' image of the wicked's end in Job 24:20.

In Matthew 3:10, John the Baptist warns of trees cut down for bad fruit — similar to the wicked being broken like a tree in Job 24:20.