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James 5:2

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Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
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  1. Matthew 6:19–20Rank 1 from verse 2
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    19¶ Lay 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:

  2. Job 13:28Rank 2 from verse 2
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    28And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

  3. Luke 12:33Rank 3 from verse 2
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    33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

  4. Isaiah 50:9Rank 4 from verse 2
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    9Behold, 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.

  5. Isaiah 51:8Rank 5 from verse 2
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    8For 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.

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James 5:2

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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corrupted

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of corrupt, meaning to spoil, debase, pervert, or cause decay.

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1GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

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3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

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