Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Garments » Of the rich » Often moth-eaten
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Moth » Destructive of garments
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Reasoning » With God
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. read more.
Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee. Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me. How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee. Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me. How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.