Thematic Bible: Reptiles


Thematic Bible



These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening. Verse ConceptsCorpses Of AnimalsUnclean Until Evening

Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. "All the creatures that swarm on the earth are detestable; they must not be eaten. Do not eat any of the creatures that swarm on the earth, anything that moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet, for they are detestable. read more.
Do not become contaminated by any creature that swarms; do not become unclean or defiled by them.

He saw heaven opened and an object coming down that resembled a large sheet being lowered to the earth by its four corners. In it were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, and the birds of the sky. Then a voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; kill and eat!" read more.
"No, Lord!" Peter said. "For I have never eaten anything common and unclean!"

Their wine is serpents’ venom,
the deadly poison of cobras.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholCobrasSerpentsSnakesThings Like Snakes

I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble,
a jackals’ den.
I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
an uninhabited place.
Verse ConceptsRuinsArchaeologyTearsDestruction Of JerusalemEmpty Citiesjerusalem

I have become a brother to jackals
and a companion of ostriches.
Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOstricheslonliness


They have venom like the venom of a snake,
like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,
Verse ConceptsCobrasBitingEarsPoisonSerpentsWicked Described AsAnimals, Types OfThings Like SnakesRefusing To Hear

In the end it bites like a snake
and stings like a viper.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholPoisonSnakesThings Like SnakesSnakebitesalcoholism

any creature that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the waters under the earth.

not to act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form, Verse ConceptsLike CreaturesAvoiding IdolatryRegulations For Men And WomenAncestral Worshipimage

An oracle about the animals of the Negev:

Through a land of trouble and distress,
of lioness and lion,
of viper and flying serpent,
they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people who will not help them.
Verse ConceptsenvoyBackSnakesBeastsflying

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty land where there was no water. He brought water out of the flint-like rock for you. Verse ConceptsFlintClimates, Typesdrought, physicalSnakesSuffering, HardshipThirstAnimals, Types OfGod Providing WaterDry PlacesProvision From RocksScorpions

Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming from the dragon’s mouth, from the beast’s mouth, and from the mouth of the false prophet. Verse ConceptsFrogsMouthsFalse Prophets, Examples OfSatan, Agents OfThree AnimalsSpirit BeingsCosmic CreaturesOther References To MouthsBowl JudgmentsCatastrophic EventsjumpingDemonic Influence

But if you refuse to let them go, then I will plague all your territory with frogs.

the gecko, the monitor lizard,
the common lizard, the skink,
and the chameleon.
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfLizards

Like a slug that moves along in slime,
like a woman’s miscarried child,
they will not see the sun.
Verse ConceptsMiscarriagesMiscarriages And Stillborn

An infant will play beside the cobra’s pit,
and a toddler will put his hand into a snake’s den.
Verse ConceptsNestsCobrasSnakesAnimals, Types OfCrawlingPower Over SnakesChildren And The Kingdombaby

They hatch viper’s eggs
and weave spider’s webs.
Whoever eats their eggs will die;
crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
Verse ConceptsInsectsSpinning And WeavingSpiders


Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodFish

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty land where there was no water. He brought water out of the flint-like rock for you. Verse ConceptsFlintClimates, Typesdrought, physicalSnakesSuffering, HardshipThirstAnimals, Types OfGod Providing WaterDry PlacesProvision From RocksScorpions

the gecko, the monitor lizard,
the common lizard, the skink,
and the chameleon.
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfLizards

“These creatures that swarm on the ground are unclean for you:

the weasel, the mouse,
any kind of large lizard,
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfMiceAccording To Its KindLizardsMolesMany CreaturesKinds Of Living Things

the gecko, the monitor lizard,
the common lizard, the skink,
and the chameleon.
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfLizards

the gecko, the monitor lizard,
the common lizard, the skink,
and the chameleon.
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfLizards

the gecko, the monitor lizard,
the common lizard, the skink,
and the chameleon.
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfLizards

“These creatures that swarm on the ground are unclean for you:

the weasel, the mouse,
any kind of large lizard,
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfMiceAccording To Its KindLizardsMolesMany CreaturesKinds Of Living Things

Then God said, "Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so. So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

the gecko, the monitor lizard,
the common lizard, the skink,
and the chameleon.
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfLizards

The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!”
Three things are never satisfied;
four never say, “Enough!”:
Verse ConceptsInsectsThree Or FourShortagesTwo WomenGreedvampires

He will be a snake by the road,
a viper beside the path,
that bites the horses’ heels
so that its rider falls backward.
Verse ConceptsBitingSerpentsSnakesHeelsPeople TumblingThings Like SnakesSnakebitesFalling Backwards


wild animals and all cattle,
creatures that crawl and flying birds,
Verse Conceptsbugs

I went in and looked, and there engraved all around the wall was every form of detestable thing, crawling creatures and beasts, as well as all the idols of the house of Israel. Verse ConceptsArtHouses

He described trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing out of the wall. He also taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish. Verse ConceptsCedarHyssopPlantsRelation Of Animals To ManBeauty Of NatureFishPets

Speak to him and say: This is what the Lord God says:

Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great monster lying in the middle of his Nile,
who says, ‘My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.’
Verse ConceptsCosmic CreaturesPeople Possessing Other Things


They hatch viper’s eggs
and weave spider’s webs.
Whoever eats their eggs will die;
crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
Verse ConceptsInsectsSpinning And WeavingSpiders

So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord had commanded. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent. Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesMiracles Of Moses And AaronThings Changedmagic

An infant will play beside the cobra’s pit,
and a toddler will put his hand into a snake’s den.
Verse ConceptsNestsCobrasSnakesAnimals, Types OfCrawlingPower Over SnakesChildren And The Kingdombaby

But if you refuse to let them go, then I will plague all your territory with frogs.

As Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself to his hand. Verse ConceptsHeatHot ThingsFirewoodjumping

He will suck the poison of cobras;
a viper’s fangs will kill him.
Verse ConceptsTeeth

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