Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Mark 9:48 in New International Version "where ‘ “the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched.”" Isa 66:24 ‘And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.’