Thematic Bible: Reptiles


Thematic Bible



These are unclean to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening. Verse ConceptsCorpses Of AnimalsUnclean Until Evening

and whoever eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. "Every swarming thing that swarms on the ground is detestable; it shall not be eaten. Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, any swarming thing that swarms on the ground, you shall not eat, for they are detestable. read more.
You shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarms, and you shall not defile yourselves with them, and become unclean through them.

and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him: "Rise, Peter; kill and eat." read more.
But Peter said, "By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

their wine is the poison of serpents and the cruel venom of asps. Verse ConceptsAlcoholCobrasSerpentsSnakesThings Like Snakes

I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant." Verse ConceptsRuinsArchaeologyTearsDestruction Of JerusalemEmpty Citiesjerusalem

I am a brother of jackals and a companion of ostriches. Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOstricheslonliness

You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot. Verse ConceptsCobrasLionsSerpentsSnakesLions, Figurative Use OfTrampling AnimalsDeliverance From LionsPower Over SnakesOvercoming Obstacles

They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear, Verse ConceptsCobrasBitingEarsPoisonSerpentsWicked Described AsAnimals, Types OfThings Like SnakesRefusing To Hear

In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. Verse ConceptsAlcoholPoisonSnakesThings Like SnakesSnakebitesalcoholism

the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth.

beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, Verse ConceptsLike CreaturesAvoiding IdolatryRegulations For Men And WomenAncestral Worshipimage

An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the adder and the flying fiery serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit them. Verse ConceptsenvoyBackSnakesBeastsflying

who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, Verse ConceptsFlintClimates, Typesdrought, physicalSnakesSuffering, HardshipThirstAnimals, Types OfGod Providing WaterDry PlacesProvision From RocksScorpions

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

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

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

Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the stillborn child who never sees the sun. Verse ConceptsMiscarriagesMiscarriages And Stillborn

The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. Verse ConceptsNestsCobrasSnakesAnimals, Types OfCrawlingPower Over SnakesChildren And The Kingdombaby

They hatch adders' eggs; they weave the spider's web; he who eats their eggs dies, and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched. Verse ConceptsInsectsSpinning And WeavingSpiders


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

who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, Verse ConceptsFlintClimates, Typesdrought, physicalSnakesSuffering, HardshipThirstAnimals, Types OfGod Providing WaterDry PlacesProvision From RocksScorpions

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

"And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the ground: the mole rat, the mouse, the great lizard of any kind, Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfMiceAccording To Its KindLizardsMolesMany CreaturesKinds Of Living Things

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

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

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

"And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the ground: the mole rat, the mouse, the great lizard of any kind, Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfMiceAccording To Its KindLizardsMolesMany CreaturesKinds Of Living Things

And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds--livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so. And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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

The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough": Verse ConceptsInsectsThree Or FourShortagesTwo WomenGreedvampires

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse's heels so that his rider falls backward. Verse ConceptsBitingSerpentsSnakesHeelsPeople TumblingThings Like SnakesSnakebitesFalling Backwards


Beasts and all livestock, creeping things and flying birds! Verse Conceptsbugs

So I went in and saw. And there, engraved on the wall all around, was every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. Verse ConceptsArtHouses

He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish. Verse ConceptsCedarHyssopPlantsRelation Of Animals To ManBeauty Of NatureFishPets

speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, that says, 'My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.' Verse ConceptsCosmic CreaturesPeople Possessing Other Things


They hatch adders' eggs; they weave the spider's web; he who eats their eggs dies, and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched. Verse ConceptsInsectsSpinning And WeavingSpiders

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesMiracles Of Moses And AaronThings Changedmagic

The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. Verse ConceptsNestsCobrasSnakesAnimals, Types OfCrawlingPower Over SnakesChildren And The Kingdombaby

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

When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand. Verse ConceptsHeatHot ThingsFirewoodjumping

He will suck the poison of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him. Verse ConceptsTeeth

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