Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

Bible References

And he

Job 30:17
Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease.
Numbers 12:12
Do not let her be like a baby born dead, whose flesh is half-consumed when it comes out of its mother's womb!"

As a garment

Job 4:19
how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?
Psalm 39:11
You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)
Hosea 5:12
I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.

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