12 Bible Verses about Moths
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"Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves do not break through and steal;
How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.
though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
"Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break 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 forever, and my salvation to all generations."
When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah.
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves do not break through and steal;
Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
From Thematic Bible
Insects » Locusts » Moths
"Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Moths » Illustrative » (eating a garment,) of God's judgments
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold, all they shall wax 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 forever, and my salvation to all generations."
Moths » Destructive to garments
"Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Moths » Illustrative » Of God in the execution of his judgments
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
Moths » Illustrative » (making its house in garments,) of man's folly in providing earthly things
Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch
How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.
