MOTH

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An insect
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? (Job 4:1919How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? (Job 4:19))
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. (Job 27:1818He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. (Job 27:18))
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. (Psalm 39:1111When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. (Psalm 39:11))
Destructive of garments
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. (Job 13:2828And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. (Job 13:28))
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. (Isaiah 50:99Behold, 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. (Isaiah 50:9))
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. (Isaiah 51:88For 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. (Isaiah 51:8))
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. (Hosea 5:1212Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. (Hosea 5:12))
FIGURATIVE
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: (Matthew 6:19-2019Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: (Matthew 6:19‑20))
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. (James 5:22Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. (James 5:2))