12 Bible Verses about Moths

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Matthew 6:19-20

Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal: But treasure to you treasures in heaven, where neither moth, nor gnawing destroy; and where thieves dig not through, nor steal.

Job 4:19

Also those dwelling in houses of clay which their foundation in the dust, being crushed before the moth.

Job 13:28

And he as rottenness will fall away; as a garment the moth ate it.

Job 27:18

He built his house as the moth, and as a booth he watching made.

Isaiah 50:9

Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help for me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, they all shall decay as a garment; the moth shall eat them.

Hosea 5:12

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

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth shall eat them as a garment, and as wool shall the moth eat them: and my justice shall be forever, and my salvation to generation of generations.

Psalm 39:11

With corrections for iniquity thou didst correct man, and thou wilt melt down as a moth his beauty: surely every man is vanity. Silence.

Matthew 6:20

But treasure to you treasures in heaven, where neither moth, nor gnawing destroy; and where thieves dig not through, nor steal.

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Insects » Locusts » Moths

Job 4:19

Also those dwelling in houses of clay which their foundation in the dust, being crushed before the moth.

Job 27:18

He built his house as the moth, and as a booth he watching made.

Isaiah 50:9

Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help for me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, they all shall decay as a garment; the moth shall eat them.

Job 13:28

And he as rottenness will fall away; as a garment the moth ate it.

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 for me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, they all shall decay as a garment; the moth shall eat them.

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth shall eat them as a garment, and as wool shall the moth eat them: and my justice shall be forever, and my salvation to generation of generations.

Moths » Destructive to garments

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

Hosea 5:12

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

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

Job 27:18

He built his house as the moth, and as a booth he watching made.

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

Job 13:28

And he as rottenness will fall away; as a garment the moth ate it.

Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch

Job 4:19

Also those dwelling in houses of clay which their foundation in the dust, being crushed before the moth.

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