Thematic Bible: Moth


Thematic Bible



how much more those who dwell in clay houses,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon
or a booth set up by a watchman.
Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsSpidersDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

In truth, the Lord God will help Me;
who will condemn Me?
Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment;
a moth will devour them.
Verse ConceptsClothingHelpfulnessInsectsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormPeople Wearing OutNo CondemnationGod Helps

In truth, the Lord God will help Me;
who will condemn Me?
Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment;
a moth will devour them.
Verse ConceptsClothingHelpfulnessInsectsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormPeople Wearing OutNo CondemnationGod Helps

Man wears out like something rotten,
like a moth-eaten garment.


> Verse ConceptsInsectsWasteMothsPeople RottingPossessions DecayingFood Decayingworms

So I am like rot to Ephraim
and like decay to the house of Judah.
Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsPeople RottingPeople Eaten By Worm

For the moth will devour them like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
and My salvation for all generations.
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfClothingGod, Righteousness OfInsectsWoolSalvation, Described AsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormEternal DeliverancePeople Wearing Outclosureworms

You discipline a man with punishment for sin,
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
every man is only a vapor.Selah
Verse ConceptsInsectsRebukeBeauty, Temporal Nature OfVanityPossessions DecayingMothsMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsGod Requite Them!Time Passing

how much more those who dwell in clay houses,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon
or a booth set up by a watchman.
Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsSpidersDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures


"Don't collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But collect for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don't break in and steal.

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