Verse 18

He builds his house like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 8:14-15 : 14 Their confidence is easily cut off, and their trust is like a spider's web. 15 They lean on their house, but it does not stand; they grasp it, but it does not hold firm.
  • Isa 1:8 : 8 The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
  • Isa 38:12 : 12 My dwelling is pulled up and taken from me, like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver rolls a cloth; He cuts me off from the loom. Day and night You bring me to an end.
  • Isa 51:8 : 8 For the moth will eat them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, and My salvation through all generations.
  • Lam 2:6 : 6 He has violently done away with his dwelling, as if it were a garden, destroying his appointed meeting place. The LORD has caused Zion to forget its appointed times and Sabbaths. In his fierce anger, he has despised king and priest alike.