12 Bible Verses about Moths
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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;
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.
When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;
Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.
From Thematic Bible
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
Moths » Illustrative » (eating a garment,) of God's judgments
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
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 » Destructive to garments
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;
Moths » Illustrative » Of God in the execution of his judgments
And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Moths » Illustrative » (making its house in garments,) of man's folly in providing earthly things
Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!
