Thematic Bible: Scorpion
Thematic Bible
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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Scorpion » Figurative » Of cruelty
and spoke to them in accordance with the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but as for me, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”
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And now, whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”
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Scorpion » Symbolical
Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power [to hurt] was given to them, like the power which the earth’s scorpions have.
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They were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment and cause them extreme pain for five months; and their torment was like the torment from a scorpion when it stings a man.
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They have tails like scorpions, and stingers; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months.
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Scorpion » Power over, given to the seventy disciples (the best mss. Have "seventy-two")
Scorpion » Unfit for food
Scorpion » Figurative » Of enemies
And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words; though briars and thorns are all around you and you sit among scorpions, neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house.
Verse Concepts
Scorpion » A venomous insect common in the wilderness through which the people of israel journeyed
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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Scorpion » Sting of, located in the tail
They have tails like scorpions, and stingers; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months.
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