Thematic Bible: Serpent
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Dragon » Serpent
“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh. It will become a serpent.’”
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Names » Of satan » Serpent
“No! You will not die,” the serpent said to the woman.
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Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Serpent
His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Serpent » Satan » Defeat of, by Christ
and between your seed and her seed.
He will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.
After the Devil had finished every temptation, he departed from Him for a time.
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Jesus responded, "This voice came, not for Me, but for you. Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
and then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth and will bring him to nothing with the brightness of His coming.
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Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of death—that is, the Devil—
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The one who commits sin is of the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the Devil’s works.
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The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
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Serpent » Satan » Facts concerning
They had as their king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.
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Then the Lord God said to the serpent:
Because you have done this,
you are cursed more than any livestock
and more than any wild animal.
You will move on your belly
and eat dust all the days of your life.
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you are cursed more than any livestock
and more than any wild animal.
You will move on your belly
and eat dust all the days of your life.
One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.
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And no wonder! For Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
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He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for 1,000 years.
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When the 1,000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison
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Serpent » Power of » Instigating men to sin
Now by the time of supper, the Devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, to betray Him.
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Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field?
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especially because of the extraordinary revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me so I would not exalt myself.
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in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient.
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So we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.
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Serpent » Power of » Humbled
Then the Lord God said to the serpent:
Because you have done this,
you are cursed more than any livestock
and more than any wild animal.
You will move on your belly
and eat dust all the days of your life.
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you are cursed more than any livestock
and more than any wild animal.
You will move on your belly
and eat dust all the days of your life.
The Lord said to Satan: “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”
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He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a lightning flash.
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So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
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He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it so that he would no longer deceive the nations until the 1,000 years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.
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Serpent » Venom of
Don't gaze at wine when it is red, when it gleams in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,
as sharp as a snake’s bite;
viper’s venom is under their lips.
ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague;
I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs,
as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.
a viper’s fangs
However, he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm. They expected that he would swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after they waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
Serpent » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » Duty of resisting
Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
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Be angry and do not sin. Don't let the sun go down on your anger, and don't give the Devil an opportunity.
Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the tactics of the Devil.
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Therefore, submit to God. But resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
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Serpent » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » Called the prince of this world
Serpent » Power of » Tempting to disobedience
"No! You will not die," the serpent said to the woman. "In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to count the people of Israel.
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Serpent » The charming of
poisonous vipers
They will bite you.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears, that does not listen to the sound of the charmers who skillfully weave spells.
then there is no advantage for the charmer.
Serpent » Power of » Preying upon men
Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
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Serpent » Fiery (poisonous), sent as a plague upon the israelites
Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died. The people then came to Moses and said, "We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you. Intercede with the Lord so that He will take the snakes away from us." And Moses interceded for the people.
He led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty land where there was no water. He brought water out of the flint-like rock for you.
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Let us not test Christ as some of them did and were destroyed by snakes.
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Serpent » Feeds upon the dust
Then the Lord God said to the serpent:
Because you have done this,
you are cursed more than any livestock
and more than any wild animal.
You will move on your belly
and eat dust all the days of your life.
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you are cursed more than any livestock
and more than any wild animal.
You will move on your belly
and eat dust all the days of your life.
they will come trembling out of their hiding places
like reptiles slithering on the ground.
They will tremble in the presence of Yahweh our God;
they will stand in awe of You.
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,
but the serpent’s food will be dust!
They will not do what is evil or destroy
on My entire holy mountain,”
says the Lord.
Serpent » Subtlety of
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”
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and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
Serpent » Power of » Tempting Christ
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil.
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Then the tempter approached Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
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Serpent » Figurative
An oracle about the animals of the Negev:
Through a land of trouble and distress,
of lioness and lion,
of viper and flying serpent,
they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people who will not help them.
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of lioness and lion,
of viper and flying serpent,
they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people who will not help them.
because the rod of the one who struck you
For a viper will come from the root
and from its egg comes a flying serpent.
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,
but the serpent’s food will be dust!
They will not do what is evil or destroy
on My entire holy mountain,”
says the Lord.
Serpent » Power of » Ruining the soul and body
As the boy was still approaching, the demon knocked him down and threw him into severe convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, cured the boy, and gave him back to his father.
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Serpent » Power of » Slandering saints
Satan answered the Lord, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Haven't You placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions are spread out in the land.
But stretch out Your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
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Serpent » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » Appearing as an angel of light
And no wonder! For Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
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Serpent » Satan appears to eve in the form of
But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a complete and pure devotion to Christ.
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Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You can't eat from any tree in the garden'?" The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, 'You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.' " read more.
"No! You will not die," the serpent said to the woman. "In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate [it]; she also gave [some] to her husband, [who was] with her, and he ate [it]. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, "Where are you?" And he said, "I heard You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid." Then He asked, "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I had commanded you not to eat from?" Then the man replied, "The woman You gave to be with me-she gave me [some fruit] from the tree, and I ate." So the Lord God asked the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate." Then the Lord God said to the serpent: Because you have done this, you are cursed more than any livestock and more than any wild animal. You will move on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life. I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.
"No! You will not die," the serpent said to the woman. "In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate [it]; she also gave [some] to her husband, [who was] with her, and he ate [it]. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, "Where are you?" And he said, "I heard You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid." Then He asked, "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I had commanded you not to eat from?" Then the man replied, "The woman You gave to be with me-she gave me [some fruit] from the tree, and I ate." So the Lord God asked the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate." Then the Lord God said to the serpent: Because you have done this, you are cursed more than any livestock and more than any wild animal. You will move on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life. I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.
Serpent » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » Cunning plans
I have done this so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.
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Serpent » The apostles given power over
However, he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.
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Serpent » Curse upon
a viper beside the path,
that bites the horses’ heels
so that its rider falls backward.
Then the Lord God said to the serpent: Because you have done this, you are cursed more than any livestock and more than any wild animal. You will move on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life. I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.
Serpent » Power of » Sowing the tares
the field is the world; and the good seed-these are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Serpent » Power of » Removing the good seed
Serpent » Power of » Opposing the righteous
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.
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Serpent » The staff of moses transformed into
Then He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake. Moses ran from it,
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Go to Pharaoh in the morning. When you see him walking out to the water, stand ready to meet him by the bank of the Nile. Take in your hand the staff that turned into a snake.
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Serpent » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » Wresting the scriptures
and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:
He will give His angels orders concerning you,
and they will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike
your foot against a stone.”
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and they will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike
your foot against a stone.”
Serpent » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » By lying promises
“In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
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Serpent » Power of » The malignant work of
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”
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Serpent » Power of » Lying
Serpent » The wound of, miraculously healed by looking upon the bronze snake, erected by moses
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Make a snake [image] and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will recover." So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. Whenever someone was bitten, and he looked at the bronze snake, he recovered.
Serpent » The seventy disciples (the best mss have "seventy-two") endued with power over
Serpent » Mentioned in solomon's riddle
the way of a snake on a rock,
the way of a ship at sea,
and the way of a man with a young woman.
Serpent » Power of » Inflicting disease
So Satan left the Lord’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.
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Serpent » Constriction of
For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails, which resemble snakes, have heads, and they inflict injury with them.
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Serpent » Unfit for food
Serpent » Sea serpent
on the top of Carmel,
from there I will track them down
and seize them;
if they conceal themselves
from My sight on the sea floor,
from there I will command
the sea serpent to bite them.
Stars » Serpent
His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Titles and names of the devil » Serpent
But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a complete and pure devotion to Christ.
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He said to the woman:
I will intensify your labor pains;
you will bear children in anguish.
Your desire will be for your husband,
yet he will rule over you.
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you will bear children in anguish.
Your desire
yet he will rule over you.
“No! You will not die,” the serpent said to the woman.
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