Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
Crushed breaketh out into a viper
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Bible References
Crushed breaketh out into a viper
Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the [divine] wrath and judgment to come?
Matthew 12:34 You brood of vipers, how can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.
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Psalm 7:14
Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,
And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.
Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,
And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.
Acts 24:9
The Jews also joined in the attack, declaring and insisting that these things were so.