Job 27:18

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon
or a booth set up by a watchman.

Job 8:14-15

His source of confidence is fragile;
what he trusts in is a spider’s web.

Isaiah 1:8

Daughter Zion is abandoned
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a shack in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.

Isaiah 38:12

My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
like a shepherd’s tent.
I have rolled up my life like a weaver;
He cuts me off from the loom.
You make an end of me from day until night.

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth will devour them like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
and My salvation for all generations.

Lamentations 2:6

ו VavHe has done violence to His temple
as if it were a garden booth,
destroying His place of meeting.
The Lord has abolished
appointed festivals and Sabbaths in Zion.
He has despised king and priest
in His fierce anger.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

As a moth

Bible References

As a moth

Job 8:14
His source of confidence is fragile;
what he trusts in is a spider’s web.
Isaiah 51:8
For the moth will devour them like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
and My salvation for all generations.

As a booth

Isaiah 1:8
Daughter Zion is abandoned
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a shack in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
Isaiah 38:12
My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
like a shepherd’s tent.
I have rolled up my life like a weaver;
He cuts me off from the loom.
You make an end of me from day until night.
Lamentations 2:6
ו VavHe has done violence to His temple
as if it were a garden booth,
destroying His place of meeting.
The Lord has abolished
appointed festivals and Sabbaths in Zion.
He has despised king and priest
in His fierce anger.

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