Thematic Bible: Reptiles


Thematic Bible



These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever does touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening. Verse ConceptsCorpses Of AnimalsUnclean Until Evening

And he that eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: he also that bears the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. Whatsoever goes upon the belly, and whatsoever goes upon all fours, or whatsoever has many feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination. read more.
You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them.

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet held at the four corners, and let down to the earth: In which were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. read more.
But Peter said, Not so, 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

And I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, and a den of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Verse ConceptsRuinsArchaeologyTearsDestruction Of JerusalemEmpty Citiesjerusalem

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

You shall tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the serpent shall you trample under feet. Verse ConceptsCobrasLionsSerpentsSnakesLions, Figurative Use OfTrampling AnimalsDeliverance From LionsPower Over SnakesOvercoming Obstacles

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops its ear; Verse ConceptsCobrasBitingEarsPoisonSerpentsWicked Described AsAnimals, Types OfThings Like SnakesRefusing To Hear

At the last 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 waters beneath the earth:

Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, Verse ConceptsLike CreaturesAvoiding IdolatryRegulations For Men And WomenAncestral Worshipimage

The burden concerning the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the backs of young donkeys, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. Verse ConceptsenvoyBackSnakesBeastsflying

Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and thirsty land, where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint; Verse ConceptsFlintClimates, Typesdrought, physicalSnakesSuffering, HardshipThirstAnimals, Types OfGod Providing WaterDry PlacesProvision From RocksScorpions

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

And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your borders with frogs:

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

As a snail who melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. Verse ConceptsMiscarriagesMiscarriages And Stillborn

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

They hatch viper's eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eats of their eggs dies, and from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. Verse ConceptsInsectsSpinning And WeavingSpiders


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

Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and thirsty land, where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint; Verse ConceptsFlintClimates, Typesdrought, physicalSnakesSuffering, HardshipThirstAnimals, Types OfGod Providing WaterDry PlacesProvision From RocksScorpions

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

These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind, Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfMiceAccording To Its KindLizardsMolesMany CreaturesKinds Of Living Things

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

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

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

These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind, Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfMiceAccording To Its KindLizardsMolesMany CreaturesKinds Of Living Things

And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kinds, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kinds: and it was so And God made the beasts of the earth after their kinds, and cattle after their kinds, and every thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

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

The leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: Verse ConceptsInsectsThree Or FourShortagesTwo WomenGreedvampires

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


Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: Verse Conceptsbugs

So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about. Verse ConceptsArtHouses

And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springs out of the wall: he spoke also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 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 monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself. Verse ConceptsCosmic CreaturesPeople Possessing Other Things

And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things. Verse ConceptsIncorruptibleImmortality, In NtNations DescribedBirds, Features OfNature DecayingNo DecayPeople Are CorruptibleIdolatryExchanging Good For BadNature Of IdolatryBirdscatsimage

They hatch viper's eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eats of their eggs dies, and from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. Verse ConceptsInsectsSpinning And WeavingSpiders

And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesMiracles Of Moses And AaronThings Changedmagic

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

And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your borders with frogs:

And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. Verse ConceptsHeatHot ThingsFirewoodjumping

He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. Verse ConceptsTeeth