Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

An adder

Bible References

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Proverbs 5:11
At the end of your life, you will lament
when your physical body has been consumed,
Isaiah 28:3
The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards
will be trampled underfoot.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
Exodus 7:5
The Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I stretch out My hand against Egypt, and bring out the Israelites from among them.”
Luke 16:25
“‘Son,’ Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
Romans 6:21
So what fruit was produced then from the things you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

Biteth

Ecclesiastes 10:8
The one who digs a pit may fall into it,
and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
Jeremiah 8:17
Indeed, I am about to send snakes among you,
poisonous vipers that cannot be charmed.
They will bite you.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Amos 5:19
It will be like a man who flees from a lion
only to have a bear confront him.
He goes home and rests his hand against the wall
only to have a snake bite him.
Amos 9:3
If they hide themselves
on the top of Carmel,
from there I will track them down
and seize them;
if they conceal themselves
from My sight on the sea floor,
from there I will command
the sea serpent to bite them.

An adder

Isaiah 59:5
They hatch viper’s eggs
and weave spider’s webs.
Whoever eats their eggs will die;
crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

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