55 Bible Verses about Insects
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‘All the winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. Yet these you may eat among all the winged insects which walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth. These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.read more.
But all other winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you.
And all the teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.
When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.
The Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do, and crushed you from Seir to Hormah.
They surrounded me like bees;
They were extinguished as a fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog, a single flea?
Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
Then the Lord did so. And there came great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants and the land was laid waste because of the swarms of flies in all the land of Egypt.
For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they dwell. But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that no swarms of flies will be there, in order that you may know that I, the Lord, am in the midst of the land.
He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them,
And frogs which destroyed them.
“Lift up your eyes to the sky,
Then look to the earth beneath;
For the sky will vanish like smoke,
And the earth will wear out like a garment
And its inhabitants will die in like manner;
But My salvation will be forever,
And My righteousness will not wane.
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats through all the land of Egypt.’”
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats through all the land of Egypt. The magicians tried with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not; so there were gnats on man and beast.
He spoke, and there came a swarm of flies
And gnats in all their territory.
It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,
“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, if there is locust or grasshopper, if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities, whatever plague or whatever sickness there is,
There fire will consume you,
The sword will cut you down;
It will consume you as the locust does.
Multiply yourself like the creeping locust,
Multiply yourself like the swarming locust.
I will send hornets ahead of you so that they will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you.
Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet against them, until those who are left and hide themselves from you perish.
Then I sent the hornet before you and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, but not by your sword or your bow.
“Then I will make up to you for the years
That the swarming locust has eaten,
The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust,
My great army which I sent among you.
Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey.
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt and eat every plant of the land, even all that the hail has left.” So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt; they were very numerous. There had never been so many locusts, nor would there be so many again.
He gave also their crops to the grasshopper
And the product of their labor to the locust.
The locusts have no king,
Yet all of them go out in ranks;
“They have cut down her forest,” declares the Lord;
“Surely it will no more be found,
Even though they are now more numerous than locusts
And are without number.
While I am decaying like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!
“He has built his house like the spider’s web,
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.
Behold, the Lord God helps Me;
Who is he who condemns Me?
Behold, they will all wear out like a garment;
The moth will eat them.
“For the moth will eat them like a garment,
And the grub will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will be forever,
And My salvation to all generations.”
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim
And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
“Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.
They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.
These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.
The leech has two daughters,
“Give,” “Give.”
There are three things that will not be satisfied,
Four that will not say, “Enough”:
For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.
But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.
Four things are small on the earth,
But they are exceedingly wise:
The ants are not a strong people,
But they prepare their food in the summer;
The shephanim are not mighty people,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;
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The locusts have no king,
Yet all of them go out in ranks;
The lizard you may grasp with the hands,
Yet it is in kings’ palaces.
What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;
And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;
And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten.
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, they would come in like locusts for number, both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to devastate it.
From Thematic Bible
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Whose
Who are crushed before the moth!
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
Behold,
The moth will eat them.
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Insects » Flies
Dead flies make a
And
And
For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they dwell.
Insects » Bees
When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.
They were extinguished as a
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
Insects » Grasshoppers » Hornets
Then I
I will send
Moreover, the Lord your God will send
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Fly
Dead flies make a
Insects » Fed by God
In which are swarms without number,
Animals both small and great.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Grasshopper
These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.
For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, they would come in
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Bee
When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.
They were extinguished as a
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
Insects » Locusts » Spiders
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Moth
Whose
Who are crushed before the moth!
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
Behold,
The moth will eat them.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Ant
Insects » Ants
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Lice
And
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Caterpillar
As locusts rushing about men rush about on it.
And the product of their labor to the
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Spider
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Cankerworm
And what the
And what the creeping locust has left, the
There fire will consume you, The sword will cut you down; It will consume you as the locust does. Multiply yourself like the creeping locust, Multiply yourself like the swarming locust. You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven-- The creeping locust strips and flies away.
Insects » Clean and unclean (ceremonially speaking)
And all the
'Yet these you may eat among all the winged insects which walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth. 'These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds. 'But all other winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you. read more.
'By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening, and whoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Earthworm
Like
They will come
To the Lord our God they will come in
And they will be afraid before You.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Palmerworm
And what the
And what the creeping locust has left, the
And the
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have
Insects » Divided into » Unclean and abominable
'But all other winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you. 'By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,
Insects » Divided into » Clean and fit for food
'Yet these you may eat among all the winged insects which walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth. 'These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Hornet
Moreover, the Lord your God will send
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Bald locust
These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Locust
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt and eat every plant of the land, even all that the hail has left." So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Beetle
These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.
Insects » Created by God
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind"; and it was so. God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Flea
After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing?
Insects » Fleas
After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing?
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Gnat
Insects » Gnats
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Maggot
But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.
