12 Bible Verses about Moths

Most Relevant Verses

Matthew 6:19-20

Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal. Accumulate wealth in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Job 4:19

How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust? Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!

Job 13:28

So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

Job 27:18

The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

Isaiah 50:9

The Lord Jehovah helps me. Who will find me guilty? They will all wear out like a garment and moths will eat them.

Hosea 5:12

I am like a moth to Ephraim and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

Isaiah 51:8

The moth will eat them up like a garment. The worm will devour them like wool. But my righteousness will last forever! My salvation will last through all generations.

Psalm 39:11

With stern reproof you discipline people for their iniquity. Like a moth you consume what is dear to them. Certainly, everyone is like a breath of air.

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Insects » Locusts » Moths

Job 4:19

How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust? Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!

Job 27:18

The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

Isaiah 50:9

The Lord Jehovah helps me. Who will find me guilty? They will all wear out like a garment and moths will eat them.

Job 13:28

So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

More verses: James 5:2 Hosea 5:12

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

Isaiah 50:9

The Lord Jehovah helps me. Who will find me guilty? They will all wear out like a garment and moths will eat them.

Isaiah 51:8

The moth will eat them up like a garment. The worm will devour them like wool. But my righteousness will last forever! My salvation will last through all generations.

Moths » Destructive to garments

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

Hosea 5:12

I am like a moth to Ephraim 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

The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

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

Job 13:28

So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch

Job 4:19

How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust? Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!

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