12 Bible Verses about Moths

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Matthew 6:19-20

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Job 4:19

how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like the moth.

Job 13:28

Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Job 27:18

He builds his house like a moth's, like a booth that a watchman makes.

Isaiah 50:9

Behold, the Lord GOD helps me; who will declare me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.

Hosea 5:12

But I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like dry rot to the house of Judah.

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations."

Psalm 39:11

When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah

Matthew 6:20

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

From Thematic Bible


Insects » Locusts » Moths

Job 4:19

how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like the moth.

Job 27:18

He builds his house like a moth's, like a booth that a watchman makes.

Isaiah 50:9

Behold, the Lord GOD helps me; who will declare me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.

Job 13:28

Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

More verses: James 5:2 Hosea 5:12

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

Isaiah 50:9

Behold, the Lord GOD helps me; who will declare me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations."

Moths » Destructive to garments

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

Hosea 5:12

But I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like dry rot to the house of Judah.

Moths » Illustrative » (making its house in garments,) of man's folly in providing earthly things

Job 27:18

He builds his house like a moth's, like a booth that a watchman makes.

Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments

Job 13:28

Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch

Job 4:19

how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like the moth.

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