Thematic Bible: Scorpion
Thematic Bible
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Scorpion
Scorpion » Figurative » Of cruelty
Scorpion » Symbolical
And locusts swarmed down out of the smoke to earth and they were given power like scorpions on earth have.
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And the locusts were not given the power to kill these people, but [only] to torture them for five months. And the torment they would inflict was like a scorpion stinging a person.
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And they had tails like scorpions with stingers, and in their tails they had the power to inflict harm upon people for five months.
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Scorpion » Power over, given to the seventy disciples (the best mss. Have "seventy-two")
See, I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions [i.e., to receive protection from accidental contact with venomous creatures. See Acts 28:5] and [to have authority] over all the power of the enemy [i.e., Satan. See verse 18]. And nothing at all will hurt you.
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Scorpion » Unfit for food
Or, if he asks [him] for an egg, will give him a scorpion [instead]? [Note: While at rest a scorpion rolls up in a ball that resembles an egg].
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Scorpion » Figurative » Of enemies
Scorpion » A venomous insect common in the wilderness through which the people of israel journeyed
Scorpion » Sting of, located in the tail
And they had tails like scorpions with stingers, and in their tails they had the power to inflict harm upon people for five months.
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