Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Condemnation » Increased by » Oppression
Come now, you rich men, weep and shriek over your impending miseries! your wealth lies rotting, and your clothes are moth-eaten; your gold and silver lie rusted over, and their rust will be evidence against you, it will devour your flesh like fire. [Moved to the end of 5:1] You have been storing up treasure in the very last days; read more.
See, the wages of which you have defrauded the workmen who mowed your fields call out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. You have revelled on earth and plunged into dissipation; you have fattened yourselves as for the Day of slaughter;
See, the wages of which you have defrauded the workmen who mowed your fields call out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. You have revelled on earth and plunged into dissipation; you have fattened yourselves as for the Day of slaughter;
Garments » Of the rich » Often moth-eaten
your wealth lies rotting, and your clothes are moth-eaten;
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Insects » Locusts » Moths
Store up no treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust corrode, where thieves break in and steal:
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your wealth lies rotting, and your clothes are moth-eaten;
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Moth » Figurative
your wealth lies rotting, and your clothes are moth-eaten;
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Store up no treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust corrode, where thieves break in and steal: store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrode, where thieves do not break in and steal.
Moths » Destructive to garments
Store up no treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust corrode, where thieves break in and steal:
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your wealth lies rotting, and your clothes are moth-eaten;
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Riches » Described as » Corruptible
you know it was not by perishable silver or gold that you were ransomed from the futile traditions of your past,
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your wealth lies rotting, and your clothes are moth-eaten;
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