12 Bible Verses about Moths
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"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But keep on storing up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal,
how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?
So I'm a man who wears out like something rotten, like a garment that has become moth-eaten."
"He has built his house like a moth's cocoon, like a temporary sunshade that a watchman makes.
See! It is the Lord GOD who will help me. Who is it that will declare me guilty? See! They will all wear out like a garment; moths will eat them up.
Therefore I will consume Ephraim like a moth, and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.
"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
For moths will eat them up just like a garment, and worms will devour them like wool; but my deliverance will last forever, and my salvation to all generations.
You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude
But keep on storing up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal,
"Sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor. Make yourselves wallets that don't wear out a dependable treasure in heaven, where no thief can get close and no moth can destroy anything.
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Insects » Locusts » Moths
"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?
"He has built his house like a moth's cocoon, like a temporary sunshade that a watchman makes.
See! It is the Lord GOD who will help me. Who is it that will declare me guilty? See! They will all wear out like a garment; moths will eat them up.
So I'm a man who wears out like something rotten, like a garment that has become moth-eaten."
Moths » Illustrative » (eating a garment,) of God's judgments
See! It is the Lord GOD who will help me. Who is it that will declare me guilty? See! They will all wear out like a garment; moths will eat them up.
For moths will eat them up just like a garment, and worms will devour them like wool; but my deliverance will last forever, and my salvation to all generations.
Moths » Destructive to garments
"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
Moths » Illustrative » Of God in the execution of his judgments
Therefore I will consume Ephraim like a moth, and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.
Moths » Illustrative » (making its house in garments,) of man's folly in providing earthly things
"He has built his house like a moth's cocoon, like a temporary sunshade that a watchman makes.
Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
So I'm a man who wears out like something rotten, like a garment that has become moth-eaten."
Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch
how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?
