5 occurrences

'Moth' in the Bible

how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

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

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

Look, the sovereign Lord helps me. Who dares to condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like clothes; a moth will eat away at them.

Verse ConceptsClothingHelpfulnessInsectsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormPeople Wearing OutNo CondemnationGod Helps

For a moth will eat away at them like clothes; a clothes moth will devour them like wool. But the vindication I provide will be permanent; the deliverance I give will last."

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

I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsPeople RottingPeople Eaten By Worm

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