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!
One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
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!
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
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.
One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.
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
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.
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!