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 you moan when your end comes, when your flesh and muscle are eaten away,
Isaiah 28:3
The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trampled under foot;
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so, and what will you do at the end of it?
Exodus 7:5
And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah when I stretch forth My hand upon Egypt, and bring out the sons of Israel from among them.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted and you are tormented.
Romans 6:21
What fruit did you have then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
Biteth
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks a hedge, a snake shall bite him.
Jeremiah 8:17
For, behold, I will send serpents and adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says 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 snake bit him.
Amos 9:3
And if they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there. And if they are hidden from My sight in the bottom of the sea, I will command the serpent there, and he shall bite them.
An adder
Isaiah 59:5
They hatch adders' eggs and weave the spider's web; he who eats their eggs dies, and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.