Psalm 39:11

New International Reader's Version

You correct and punish people for their sin. Then, just as a moth eats cloth, you destroy their wealth. No one lasts any longer than a breath.

Cross References

Job 13:28

“People waste away like something that is rotten. They are like clothes that are eaten by moths.

Job 30:30

My skin grows black and peels. My body burns with fever.

Job 4:19

So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are made out of dust. They can be crushed more easily than a moth.

Job 9:34

I wish someone would keep God from punishing me. Then his terror wouldn’t frighten me anymore.

Isaiah 50:9

The Lord and King helps me. So who will judge me? My enemies will be like clothes that moths have eaten up. My enemies will disappear.

Hosea 5:12

I will be like a moth to Ephraim. I will cause Judah to rot away.

1 Corinthians 5:5

When you come together like this, hand this man over to Satan. Then the power of sin in his life will be destroyed. His spirit will be saved on the day the Lord returns.

Hebrews 12:6

The Lord trains the one he loves. He corrects everyone he accepts as his son.” (Proverbs 3:11,12)

2 Peter 2:16

But a donkey corrected him for the wrong he did. Animals don’t speak. But the donkey spoke with a human voice. It tried to stop the prophet from doing a very dumb thing.

Revelation 3:19

‘I warn and correct those I love. So be sincere, and turn away from your sins.