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 noticed a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath?
Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are evil? For the mouth utters what the heart is full of.

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Acts 24:9
The Jews joined in the attack, declaring that such were the facts of the case.