Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Garments » Of the rich » Often moth-eaten
So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
Insects » Locusts » Moths
"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?
The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.
Look, the sovereign Lord helps me. Who dares to condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like clothes; a moth will eat away at them.
So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
Moth » Destructive of garments
Look, the sovereign Lord helps me. Who dares to condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like clothes; a moth will eat away at them.
So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
For a moth will eat away at them like clothes; a clothes moth will devour them like wool. But the vindication I provide will be permanent; the deliverance I give will last."
Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
Reasoning » With God
Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation. See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right. Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die. read more.
Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face: Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror. Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me. How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgression and my sin. Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy? Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff? For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth. And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet. So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face: Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror. Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me. How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgression and my sin. Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy? Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff? For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth. And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet. So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.