12 Bible Verses about Moths
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Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal; but be laying up or yourselves treasures in heaven, where, neither moth nor rust, doth tarnish, and where, thieves, dig not through nor steal:
How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:
And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.
He hath built, like a moth, his house, - like a hut, which a watcher hath made.
Lo! My Lord, Yahweh, will help me, Who is he that shall prove me lawless? Lo! they all, as a garment, shall fall to pieces, the moth shall consume them.
But, I, was like a moth, to Ephraim, - and like rotten wood to the house of Judah.
Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;
For like a garment, shall they be eaten of the moth, And like wool, shall they he eaten of the larva; But, my righteousness, unto times age-abiding shall continue, And, my salvation, unto the remotest generation.
When, by rebukes for iniquity, thou hast corrected a man, Then hast thou consumed, as a moth, all that was delightful within him, Surely, a breath, are all men. Selah.
but be laying up or yourselves treasures in heaven, where, neither moth nor rust, doth tarnish, and where, thieves, dig not through nor steal:
Sell your possessions, and give alms, make for yourselves purses that wax not old, - treasure unfailing, in the heavens, where, thief, doth not draw near, and, moth, doth not spoil.
From Thematic Bible
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;
How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:
He hath built, like a moth, his house, - like a hut, which a watcher hath made.
Lo! My Lord, Yahweh, will help me, Who is he that shall prove me lawless? Lo! they all, as a garment, shall fall to pieces, the moth shall consume them.
And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.
Moths » Illustrative » (eating a garment,) of God's judgments
Lo! My Lord, Yahweh, will help me, Who is he that shall prove me lawless? Lo! they all, as a garment, shall fall to pieces, the moth shall consume them.
For like a garment, shall they be eaten of the moth, And like wool, shall they he eaten of the larva; But, my righteousness, unto times age-abiding shall continue, And, my salvation, unto the remotest generation.
Moths » Destructive to garments
Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;
Moths » Illustrative » Of God in the execution of his judgments
But, I, was like a moth, to Ephraim, - and like rotten wood to the house of Judah.
Moths » Illustrative » (making its house in garments,) of man's folly in providing earthly things
He hath built, like a moth, his house, - like a hut, which a watcher hath made.
Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.
Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch
How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:
