12 Bible Verses about Moths
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“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!
While I am decaying like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
“He has built his house like the spider’s web,
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
Behold, the Lord God helps Me;
Who is he who condemns Me?
Behold, they will all wear out like a garment;
The moth will eat them.
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim
And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
“For the moth will eat them like a garment,
And the grub will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will be forever,
And My salvation to all generations.”
“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
“Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.
From Thematic Bible
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Whose
Who are crushed before the moth!
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
Behold,
The moth will eat them.
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Moths » Illustrative » (eating a garment,) of God's judgments
Behold,
The moth will eat them.
And the
But My
And My salvation to all generations.”
Moths » Destructive to garments
Moths » Illustrative » Of God in the execution of his judgments
And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
Moths » Illustrative » (making its house in garments,) of man's folly in providing earthly things
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch
Whose
Who are crushed before the moth!
