18 The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
Job 27:18
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Job 8:14–16
14 His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web. 15 He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure. 16 He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
Isaiah 1:7–9
7 Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers. 8 And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged. 9 …
Isaiah 44:12–14
12 The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint. 13 The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks i…
Job 15:27–29
27 Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh, 28 he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble. 29 He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
Job 13:27–28
27 You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet. 28 So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Job 18:5–7
5 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. 6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out. 7 His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
Odes of Solomon 42:10–12
10 So was my yoke over those that know me: (ODE) 11 And as the couch that is spread in the house of the bridegroom and bride, (ODE) 12 So is my love over those that believe in me. (ODE)
Job 14:1–3
1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. 2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. 3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
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