Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Garments » Of the rich » Often moth-eaten
And he himself wastes away like something rotten, like a garment that [the] moth has eaten.
Your wealth has rotted, and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
Insects » Locusts » Moths
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth.
"He builds his house like the moth, and like a booth [that] a watchman has made.
Look! The Lord Yahweh helps me. Who is the one who will declare me guilty? Look! All of them will be worn out like a garment; [the] moth will eat them.
And he himself wastes away like something rotten, like a garment that [the] moth has eaten.
Your wealth has rotted, and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
Moth » Destructive of garments
Look! The Lord Yahweh helps me. Who is the one who will declare me guilty? Look! All of them will be worn out like a garment; [the] moth will eat them.
And he himself wastes away like something rotten, like a garment that [the] moth has eaten.
For a moth will eat them like garments; a moth will devour them like wool, but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation for {generation after generation}."
Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
And he himself wastes away like something rotten, like a garment that [the] moth has eaten.
Reasoning » With God
"Listen carefully [to] my words, and [let] my exposition [be] in your ears. Please look, I have prepared [my] case; I know that I myself will be vindicated. Who [is] he who will contend with me? For {then} I would be silent, and I would pass away. read more.
"Only you must not do [these] two [things] to me; then I will not hide from your face: withdraw your hand from me, and let not your dread terrify me. Then call, and I myself will answer; or let me speak, then reply to me. "{How many} [are] my iniquities and sins? Make known to me my transgression and my sin. Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy? Will you terrify a blown leaf? And will you pursue dry stubble? "Indeed, you write bitter things against me, and you make me reap the iniquities of my childhood. And you put my feet in the block, and you watch all my paths; you carve [a mark] on the soles of my feet. And he himself wastes away like something rotten, like a garment that [the] moth has eaten.
"Only you must not do [these] two [things] to me; then I will not hide from your face: withdraw your hand from me, and let not your dread terrify me. Then call, and I myself will answer; or let me speak, then reply to me. "{How many} [are] my iniquities and sins? Make known to me my transgression and my sin. Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy? Will you terrify a blown leaf? And will you pursue dry stubble? "Indeed, you write bitter things against me, and you make me reap the iniquities of my childhood. And you put my feet in the block, and you watch all my paths; you carve [a mark] on the soles of my feet. And he himself wastes away like something rotten, like a garment that [the] moth has eaten.