12 Bible Verses about Moths

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Matthew 6:19-20

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;

Job 4:19

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!

Job 13:28

One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.

Job 27:18

He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.

Isaiah 50:9

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.

Hosea 5:12

And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

Isaiah 51:8

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.

Psalm 39:11

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.

Matthew 6:20

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;

From Thematic Bible


Insects » Locusts » Moths

Job 4:19

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!

Job 27:18

He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.

Isaiah 50:9

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.

Job 13:28

One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.

More verses: James 5:2 Hosea 5:12

Moths » Illustrative » (eating a garment,) of God's judgments

Isaiah 50:9

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.

Isaiah 51:8

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

Moths » Illustrative » Of God in the execution of his judgments

Hosea 5:12

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

Job 27:18

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

Job 13:28

One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.

Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch

Job 4:19

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!

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