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
And you will groan when your life is ending,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
And you will groan when your life is ending,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
Isaiah 28:3
The splendid crown of the drunkards of Ephraim is trampled by [the foreigners’] feet.
The splendid crown of the drunkards of Ephraim is trampled by [the foreigners’] feet.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests ruleon their own authority;
And My people love [to have] it so!
But what will you do when the end comes?
The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule
And My people love [to have] it so!
But what will you do when the end comes?
Exodus 7:5
The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them.”
Luke 16:25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things [all the comforts and delights], and Lazarus likewise bad things [all the discomforts and distresses]; but now he is comforted here [in paradise], while you are in severe agony.
Romans 6:21
So what benefit did you get at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? [None!] For the outcome of those things is death!
Biteth
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He who digs a pit [for others] may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a [stone] wall.
Jeremiah 8:17
“For behold, I am sending serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be charmed,
And they will bite you,” says the Lord.
“For behold, I am sending serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be charmed,
And they will bite you,” says the Lord.
Amos 5:19
It is as if a man runs from a lion [escaping one danger]
And a bear meets him [so he dies anyway],
Or goes home, and leans with his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.
It is as if a man runs from a lion [escaping one danger]
And a bear meets him [so he dies anyway],
Or goes home, and leans with his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.
Amos 9:3
“Though they hide on the summit of [Mount] Carmel,
I will track them down and take them from there;
And though they hide from My sight on the floor of the sea,
From there I shall command the serpent and it will bite them.
“Though they hide on the summit of [Mount] Carmel,
I will track them down and take them from there;
And though they hide from My sight on the floor of the sea,
From there I shall command the serpent and it will bite them.
An adder
Isaiah 59:5
They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s webs;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from an egg which is crushed a viper breaks out.
They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s webs;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from an egg which is crushed a viper breaks out.