12 Bible Verses about Moths
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Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away. But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;
Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.
His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
See, the Lord God is my helper; who will give a decision against me? truly, all of them will become old like a robe; they will be food for the worm.
And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.
By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.
From Thematic Bible
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;
His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
See, the Lord God is my helper; who will give a decision against me? truly, all of them will become old like a robe; they will be food for the worm.
Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.
Moths » Illustrative » (eating a garment,) of God's judgments
See, the Lord God is my helper; who will give a decision against me? truly, all of them will become old like a robe; they will be food for the worm.
For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.
Moths » Destructive to garments
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
Moths » Illustrative » Of God in the execution of his judgments
And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.
Moths » Illustrative » (making its house in garments,) of man's folly in providing earthly things
His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.
Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch
How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;
