Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Rottenness
Bible References
As a
Job 13:28
Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Isaiah 50:9
Behold, the Lord GOD helps me; who will declare me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.
Isaiah 51:8
For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations."
As
Proverbs 12:4
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Rottenness
Jonah 4:7
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.