12 Bible Verses about Moths
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"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.
how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?
So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.
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.
"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
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."
You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)
But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out -- a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
From Thematic Bible
Insects » Locusts » Moths
"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?
The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.
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.
So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
Moths » Illustrative » (eating a garment,) of God's judgments
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.
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."
Moths » Destructive to garments
"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
Moths » Illustrative » Of God in the execution of his judgments
Moths » Illustrative » (making its house in garments,) of man's folly in providing earthly things
The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.
Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch
how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?
