6 occurrences

'Insect' in the Bible

After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.

How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;

How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.

Egypt is a fair young cow; but a biting insect has come on her out of the north.

And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.

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