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 come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 12:34
O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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Psalm 7:14
Behold, he brought forth iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Acts 24:9
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.