Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Condemnation » Increased by » Oppression
Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you; your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten; your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days! read more.
lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you -- doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered; ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you -- doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered; ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
Garments » Of the rich » Often moth-eaten
And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.
your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
Insects » Locusts » Moths
'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation is in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)
He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
Lo, the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Who is he that declareth me wicked? Lo, all of them as a garment wear out, A moth doth eat them.
And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.
your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
Moth » Figurative
your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,
Moths » Destructive to garments
'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
Riches » Described as » Corruptible
having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,
your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;