Thematic Bible: Reptiles
Thematic Bible
Reptiles » Unclean and not eaten
These [creatures] are unclean to you among all that swarm; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.
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And he who eats of its carcass [ignorantly] shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening; he also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. And everything that creeps on the ground and [multiplies in] swarms shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has more [than four] feet among all things that creep on the ground and swarm you shall not eat; for they are detestable. read more.
You shall not make yourselves loathsome and abominable [by eating] any swarming thing that [multiplies by] swarms, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them.
You shall not make yourselves loathsome and abominable [by eating] any swarming thing that [multiplies by] swarms, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them.
And he saw the sky opened and something like a great sheet lowered by the four corners, descending to the earth. It contained all kinds of quadrupeds and wild beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him, saying, Rise up, Peter, kill and eat. read more.
But Peter said, No, by no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean.
But Peter said, No, by no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean.
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Dragon
“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of vipers.
“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
A haunt and dwelling place of jackals;
And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
“I am a brother to [howling] jackals,
And a companion to ostriches [which scream dismally].
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Adder or asp
You will tread upon the lion and cobra;
The young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
Their poison is like the venom of a serpent;
They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,
At the last it bites like a serpent
And stings like a viper.
Reptiles » No image or similitude of, to be made for worshipping
the likeness of anything that crawls on the ground, or of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth.
so that you do not act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved or sculpted image [to worship] in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
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Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Flying fiery serpent
A [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning the beasts of the Negev (the South):
Through a land of trouble and anguish,
Fromwhere come lioness and lion, viper and [fiery] flying serpent,
They carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys
And their treasures on the humps of camels,
To a people (Egyptians) who cannot benefit them.
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They carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys
And their treasures on the humps of camels,
To a people (Egyptians) who cannot benefit them.
He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; it was He who brought water for you out of the flinty rock.
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Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Frog
And I saw three loathsome spirits like frogs, leaping from the mouth of the dragon (Satan) and from the mouth of the beast (Antichrist, dictator) and from the mouth of the false prophet;
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However, if you refuse to let them go, hear this: I am going to strike your entire land with frogs.
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Snail
the gecko, the crocodile, the lizard, the sand reptile, and the chameleon.
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Let them be as a snail which melts away (secretes slime) as it goes along,
Like the miscarriage of a woman which never sees the sun.
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Cockatrice or basilisk
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].
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.
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Serpent
“By His breath the heavens are cleared;
His hand has pierced the [swiftly] fleeing serpent.
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Scorpion
He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; it was He who brought water for you out of the flinty rock.
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Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Chameleon
the gecko, the crocodile, the lizard, the sand reptile, and the chameleon.
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Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Tortoise
‘These also are unclean to you among the swarming things that crawl around on the ground [and multiply profusely]: the mole, the mouse, and any kind of great lizard,
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Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Lizard
the gecko, the crocodile, the lizard, the sand reptile, and the chameleon.
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Reptiles » Chameleons
the gecko, the crocodile, the lizard, the sand reptile, and the chameleon.
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Reptiles » Crocodiles
the gecko, the crocodile, the lizard, the sand reptile, and the chameleon.
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Reptiles » Tortoises
‘These also are unclean to you among the swarming things that crawl around on the ground [and multiply profusely]: the mole, the mouse, and any kind of great lizard,
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Reptiles » Created by God
And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creeping things, and [wild] beasts of the earth according to their kinds. And it was so. And God made the [wild] beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and domestic animals according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (fitting, pleasant) and He approved it.
Reptiles » Lizards
the gecko, the crocodile, the lizard, the sand reptile, and the chameleon.
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Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Horse-leech
The leech has two daughters,
“Give, give!”
There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four that do not say, “It is enough”:
Reptiles » Adders
“Dan shall be a [venomous] serpent in the way,
A fanged snake in the path,
That bites the horse’s heels,
So that his rider falls backward.
Reptiles » Placed under the dominion of man
Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.”
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Reptiles » Made for praise and glory of God
Beasts and all cattle;
Creeping things and winged birds;
Reptiles » Jews condemned for worshipping
So I entered and looked, and saw every kind of creeping things and beasts and loathsome things, and all the idols of the house of Israel, carved all around on the wall.
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Reptiles » Solomon wrote a history of
He spoke of trees, from the cedar which is in Lebanon to the hyssop [vine] that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and fish.
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Reptiles » Dragons
Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers,
[Boastfully] declaring, ‘My Nile is my own, and I have made it for myself.’
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The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers,
[Boastfully] declaring, ‘My Nile is my own, and I have made it for myself.’
Reptiles » Worshipped by the gentiles
and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God for an image [worthless idols] in the shape of mortal man and birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.
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Reptiles » Cockatrices
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.
Reptiles » Serpents
So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and did just as the Lord had commanded; Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent.
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Reptiles » Asps
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].
Reptiles » Frogs
However, if you refuse to let them go, hear this: I am going to strike your entire land with frogs.
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Viper
But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper crawled out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.
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Reptiles » Vipers
“He sucks the poison of vipers [which ill-gotten wealth contains];
The viper’s tongue slays him.