James 2:2 describes fine clothing in worship, contrasting with the moth-eaten garments here—wealth that decays vs. wealth that causes partiality.

Job 13:28 uses the same 'moth-eaten garment' image to describe human frailty, reinforcing the theme of decay that James applies to riches.

Isaiah 50:9 says the moth will eat up enemies like a garment, echoing James's moth-eaten clothes but applied to oppressors rather than riches.

Isaiah 51:8 declares the moth will eat them like a garment, directly mirroring James's image of moth-eaten wealth as a symbol of transience.

In Matthew 6:19, Jesus warns against storing treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy — directly echoed by James' 'riches are rotted, garments moth-eaten'.

In Matthew 6:20, Jesus commands storing treasures in heaven — the positive counterpart to James' warning about earthly wealth perishing.

In 1 Peter 1:4, believers have an inheritance that is imperishable and unfading — the opposite of the rotted, moth-eaten riches here.

Jeremiah 48:36 says Moab's wealth has perished and wails like a flute, directly paralleling James' statement that riches rot and cause weeping.

Psalm 39:11 compares God's discipline to a moth consuming what is precious, paralleling James's image of moth-eaten garments as divine judgment on wealth.

In Jeremiah 17:11, ill-gotten wealth is compared to a partridge hatching eggs it didn't lay — the same theme of riches that do not last.

Hosea 5:12 portrays God as a moth to Israel, using the same insect imagery to depict decay—here divine judgment, there worthless wealth.

In Luke 12:33, Jesus tells the rich to sell possessions and give alms — the solution to the problem of moth-eaten riches James describes.

Exodus 16:20 describes manna that bred worms and stank when hoarded, paralleling the rotted riches in James as fruit of disobedience.

1 Peter 1:7 contrasts perishable gold with tested faith, aligning with James' theme of wealth that rots compared to eternal values.

Proverbs 23:5 depicts wealth flying away like an eagle, echoing James' theme of riches rotting. Both emphasize the fleeting nature of material wealth.