7 occurrences

'Moth' in the Bible

Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation is in the dust, They bruise them before a 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

He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsSpidersDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity is every man. Selah.

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

Lo, the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Who is he that declareth me wicked? Lo, all of them as a garment wear out, A moth doth eat them.

Verse ConceptsClothingHelpfulnessInsectsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormPeople Wearing OutNo CondemnationGod Helps

For as a garment eat them doth a moth, And as wool eat them doth a worm, And My righteousness is to the age, And My salvation to all generations.

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

And I am as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsPeople RottingPeople Eaten By Worm

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