Thematic Bible: Serpent


Thematic Bible



"When Pharaoh says to you, 'Prove yourselves by working a miracle,' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'" Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesSerpentsOther MiraclesPutting Things DownThings Changed



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


And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. Verse Conceptsevil, victory overLeavingRight Time For The DevilEnd Of ActionsTemptationOpportunityResisting Temptation

Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not mine. Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.






They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. Verse ConceptsAbyssBottomless PitSatan, Titles ForAngels opposed to GodLanguagesSatan, As The Enemy Of GodNames And Titles For SatanChrist, Names ForThe DestroyerEvil AngelsSatan as Destroyer

The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. Verse ConceptsSatanticRetributionSerpentsSnakesStomachsLifelongCrawlingThe Ancient SerpentGod CursingNoting What Animals EatAdam and evePunishmentPunishmentscatsfatedust

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. Verse ConceptsSpiritsSatan, Character OfSons Of GodAssociationsAngels As Sons Of GodSatanThe Devilrelaxation




During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, Verse ConceptsGoadsevil, origins ofLove FeastSatan, Agents OfSatan, Work OfJudas Betraying ChristThe Devil Tempting PeopleThe Devilzealots





The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. Verse ConceptsSatanticRetributionSerpentsSnakesStomachsLifelongCrawlingThe Ancient SerpentGod CursingNoting What Animals EatAdam and evePunishmentPunishmentscatsfatedust

And the LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, O Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?" Verse Conceptsevil, victory overSatan, As The Enemy Of GodPlucking OutSaved From FireGod Requite Them!rebukingbranding



and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. Verse ConceptsSatan, As DeceiverSatan, Kingdom OfSatan, Resistance ToSealsSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InAbyssA Short TimeSealing ThingsEvil And FreedomShort Time Till The EndSeasons Changing

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.

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


they shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured by plague and poisonous pestilence; I will send the teeth of beasts against them, with the venom of things that crawl in the dust. Verse ConceptsDecayPoisonTeethWasteFamine ComingFamine Will Comehunger

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

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

He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. They were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw no misfortune come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.


Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.






But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."


For behold, I am sending among you serpents, adders that cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you," declares the LORD. Verse ConceptsBitingPoisonSnakebites

They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear, so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.

If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer. Verse ConceptsBabblersSnakebites



Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. And the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people.

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

We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, Verse ConceptsPresumptionProving, Through TestingSatan, As TempterSnakesRebellion Against God, Nature OfTesting Godexams

The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. Verse ConceptsSatanticRetributionSerpentsSnakesStomachsLifelongCrawlingThe Ancient SerpentGod CursingNoting What Animals EatAdam and evePunishmentPunishmentscatsfatedust

they shall lick the dust like a serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their strongholds; they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God, and they shall be in fear of you. Verse ConceptsSnakesStomachsGuilty FearGroups TremblingThings Like SnakesNoting What Animals EatMoving OnTaking Care Of The Earthdustworms

The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain," says the LORD. Verse ConceptsLambsLionsMessianic AgeMillenniumRenewal, Of Natural OrderRest, EternalSnakesStomachsStrawAbstaining From MeatsDeliverance From LionsPower Over SnakesWolvesNoting What Animals EatAnimals Going To HeavenSleeping Peacefully



He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedDigging Pits



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

Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the serpent's root will come forth an adder, and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent. Verse ConceptsPoisonRootsSerpentsSnakesBreaking SticksLack Of RejoicingThose Flying

The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain," says the LORD. Verse ConceptsLambsLionsMessianic AgeMillenniumRenewal, Of Natural OrderRest, EternalSnakesStomachsStrawAbstaining From MeatsDeliverance From LionsPower Over SnakesWolvesNoting What Animals EatAnimals Going To HeavenSleeping Peacefully

And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" Verse ConceptsdaughtersCripplesevil, origins ofPainRescueSatan, Defeat OfSatan, Kingdom OfBindingSatan, Work Of15 To 20 YearsChildren Of AbrahamOn The SabbathJesus Healing On Sabbath

While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. Verse ConceptsRebukeSpiritsSatan, Work OfConvulsionsThose Jesus HealedSigns Of Possible Demon Possession

Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "Does Job fear God for no reason? Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face." Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofHand Of GodSatan, Work OfTouching To HarmWoundsCursing God



Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" read more.
But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?" And he said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself." He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate." Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."


they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover." Verse ConceptsBitingSerpentsSnakesCharismatic IssuesLaying On Of HandsPower Over SnakesLaying On Hands To HealHealing Through DisciplesHurthurting

He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. Verse ConceptsFireMiracles Of PaulPeople Shaking

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

The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."

The field is the world, and the good seed is 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 close of the age, and the reapers are angels.


Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfRankSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InStandingVisions And Dreams In ScriptureSatan, Work OfRight SidesRiversbrandingaccusationspriestswholeness

And he said, "Throw it on the ground." So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it. Verse ConceptsSnakesMiracles Of Moses And AaronOthers Who FledPutting Things DownThings Changed

Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent. Verse ConceptsMorningWaitingRodsMeeting PeopleThings Changed

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, "'He will command his angels concerning you,'and "'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" Verse ConceptsSafetySatan, As DeceiverSeductionThe If's Of SatanGod Carrying PeopleStriking RocksBeing Struck With StonesWho Is Jesus?Angels Looking After PeopleAngelic GuardianshipResisting Temptationjumping

For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." Verse ConceptsAwarenessSin, Causes OfWorldly Ambition ExamplesSatan, Work OfEyes OpenedArrogantly Like GodEating Forbidden FoodKnowing Right And WrongMen As GodsNASB



And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live." So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.


the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin. Verse ConceptsMan's WaysAirSerpentsSkyEaglesRelationship Of Men And WomenGoing Through the MotionsFinding LoveMan And Womanflyingmovementteenagersoaringvirginity

So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. Verse ConceptsFaith, Testing OfBodydiseasesBoils Or UlcersHeadsSatan, Kingdom OfSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfSatan, Work OfLeaving God's PresenceDisease

For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound. Verse ConceptsSnakesTailsThings Like SnakesOther References To MouthsPeople Possibly Doing EvilHurt

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

If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, from there I will search them out and take them; and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them. Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTBitingdepthHuntingSeaSnakesExpanse Of The SeaGod Searching For PeopleHiding From GodSnakebitesGod's Ordershiding





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