Thematic Bible: Asp
Thematic Bible
Asp » A venomous serpent
“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of vipers.
And the nursing child will [safely] play over the hole of the cobra,
And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den [and not be hurt].
“He sucks the poison of vipers [which ill-gotten wealth contains];
The viper’s tongue slays him.
Yet his food turns [to poison] in his stomach;
It is the venom of vipers within him.
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
Asp » Injurious effects of wine
At the last it bites like a serpent
And stings like a viper.
“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of vipers.
Asp » Venom of, illustrates the speech of the wicked
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s;
Poison of a viper is under their lips.
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
Asp » Deprived of venom, illustrates conversion
And the sucking child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. They shall not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.