Thematic Bible: Venom of
Thematic Bible
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.