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
And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 12:34
Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

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Psalm 7:14
Lo, he travaileth with iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.
Acts 24:9
and the Jews also agreed, professing these things to be so.