Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
An adder
Bible References
At
Proverbs 5:11
and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
Isaiah 28:3
The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet;
Jeremiah 5:31
the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?
Exodus 7:5
And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering.
Romans 6:21
What fruit therefore had ye then in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of them is death.
Biteth
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
Jeremiah 8:17
For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
Amos 5:19
as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Amos 9:3
and though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them;
An adder
Isaiah 59:5
They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.