As a consequence of the fall, all created things have a tendency to waste away and spoil. Jesus Christ brings deliverance from this.

Genesis 2:17

Decay was decreed as a result of the fall

In human beings

Genesis 3:17-19

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In the world

Romans 8:20
Psalms 90:3-10

Decay is the common experience of humanity

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Psalms 49:8-9
Matthew 6:19-20

A decaying world is not worth clinging to

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Psalms 102:26
Luke 12:33
1 John 2:15-17
Acts 2:24-31

Jesus Christ is free from decay

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Psalms 16:8-11
Acts 13:34-37
Hebrews 7:26; 13:8
2 Corinthians 4:16

Believers are redeemed from decay

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Job 19:26
John 3:16
Matthew 5:13

Christians are "salt" in a decaying world

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Mark 9:50
Luke 14:34
1 Peter 1:3-5

The world to come is free from decay

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Romans 8:21
1 Corinthians 15:42
Hebrews 12:28; 13:14
Revelation 21:4
Leviticus 26:14-16,39

Examples of the link between sin and decay

Numbers 5:20-22,27

The curse on the unfaithful wife:

Deuteronomy 28:22; 32:24
Job 18:13

Curses for disobedience:

Psalms 32:3; 49:13-14; 106:15,43; 112:10
Isaiah 5:24; 10:16; 17:4; 24:16; 64:7
Jeremiah 49:7
Lamentations 2:6,8
Ezekiel 4:17; 24:23; 33:10

The destruction of Jerusalem lamented:

Hosea 4:3; 8:10
Habakkuk 3:16

Punishment for Israel's sin:

James 5:2

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5482 punishment
6020 sin
6130 corruption
6154 fall, the
6199 imperfection
6644 eternal life
6720 redemption
9020 death
9310 resurrection
9410 heaven