10 occurrences in 12 translations

'Moth' in the Bible

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.

Verse ConceptsInsectsWasteMothsPeople RottingPossessions DecayingFood Decayingworms

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Verse ConceptsInsectsRebukeBeauty, Temporal Nature OfVanityPossessions DecayingMothsMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsGod Requite Them!Time Passing

Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

Verse ConceptsClothingHelpfulnessInsectsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormPeople Wearing OutNo CondemnationGod Helps

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfClothingGod, Righteousness OfInsectsWoolSalvation, Described AsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormEternal DeliverancePeople Wearing Outclosureworms

Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsPeople RottingPeople Eaten By Worm

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