13 Bible Verses about Possessions Decaying

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Job 13:28

So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

Psalm 39:11

You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

Matthew 6:19-20

"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

Colossians 2:22

These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings.

Ezekiel 24:6

"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot whose rot is in it, whose rot has not been removed from it! Empty it piece by piece. No lot has fallen on it.

Ezekiel 24:11-12

Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed. It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!

Ezekiel 24:12

It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!

James 5:3

Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!

1 Peter 1:18

You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed -- not by perishable things like silver or gold,

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