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 snakes! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?
Matthew 12:34
You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of.

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Acts 24:9
The Jews also joined in these charges, and said that the statement was true.