Words of Wisdom
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. Job 13:28
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. Job 41:27
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. Proverbs 12:4
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. Proverbs 14:30
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 5:24
So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
Jeremiah 38:11, 12
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. Hosea 5:12
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. Joel 1:17
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. Habakkuk 3:16
