55 Bible Verses about Insects
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All creeping birds going upon four, it is an abomination to you. But this ye shall eat, from every creeping bird going upon four, to which legs from above its feet to spring with them upon the earth. These from them ye shall eat; the locust according to its kind, the winged locust according to its kind, and the locust without wings according to its kind, and the leaping locust according to its kind.read more.
And every creeping bird which to it is four feet, it is abomination to you
And every creeping thing flying it is unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.
And he will turn back after days to take her, and he will turn aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, an assembly of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
And the Amorite dwelling in that mountain will come forth to your meeting, and will pursue you as bees will do, and they will beat you in Seir to Hormah.
They surrounded me as bees; they were quenched as the fire of thorns: in the name of Jehovah for I will destroy them.
After whom did the king of Israel come forth? after whom pursuest thou? after a dead dog? after one flea?
And now my blood shall not fall to the earth from before the face of Jehovah; for the king of Israel came forth to seek one flea, as when the partridge will pursue in the mountains.
And Jehovah will do so; and the gad-fly will come forth a multitude into the house of Pharaoh and the house of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt: and the land will be destroyed from before the gad-fly.
For if thou sendest not my people forth, behold me sending upon thee and upon thy servants, and upon thy people and upon thy houses, the gad-fly: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with the gad-fly, and also the land which they are upon it And I separated in that day the land of Goshen, which my people stood upon it, for no gad-fly to be there; that thou shalt know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth.
He will send forth among them the gad-fly, and they shall devour them; and frogs, and they shall destroy them.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look to the earth from beneath: for the heavens as smoke vanished away, and the earth as a garment shall decay, and they inhabiting as thus shall die; and my salvation shall be forever, and my justice shall not be broken.
And Jehovah will say to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth thy rod and smite the dust of the earth, and it shall be for gnats upon all the land of Egypt
Blind guides, straining a gnat, and swallowing down a camel.
And they will do so; and Aaron will stretch forth his hand with his rod, and will smite the dust of the earth, and it will be gnats upon man and in quadrupeds: all the dust of the earth was gnats upon all the land of Egypt And the sacred scribes will do so with their enchantments to bring forth gnats, and they will not be able: and there will be gnats upon man and upon quadrupeds.
He said, and the gad-fly will come, and gnats in all their bounds.
He sitting upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants as locusts; he stretching out the heavens as fine cloth, and he will extend them as a tent to dwell in:
And there we saw the giants, sons of Anak, from the giants: and we were in our eyes as the locusts, and so were we in their eyes.
If famine shall be in the land, if there shall be death, blasting, yellowness, the locust devouring; if his enemy shall press upon him in the land of his gates, every blow, every sickness;
If famine shall be in the land, if there shall be death, blasting and yellowness, the locust, and if there shall be the devourer; if the enemy shall press upon him in the land of his gates; every stroke and every disease:
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall devour thee as the feeder: make thee numerous as the feeder, make thee numerous as the locust
And I sent hornets before thee and to drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before thee.
And also the hornet, Jehovah thy God will send among you till the destroying Of those being left and of those hiding from thy face.
And I will send before you the hornet, and it shall drive them out from your face, the two kings of the Amorites: not with thy sword and not with thy bow.
And I requited to you the years which the common locust ate, the feeder, and the devourer, and the creeping locust, my great army which I sent among you.
And this John had his garment from camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
And John was dressed in camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and eating locusts and wild honey;
And Jehovah will say to Moses, Stretch forth thy hand upon the land of Egypt, with the locust, and it will come up upon the land of Egypt; and it shall eat every green herb of the land, all which the hail left And Moses will stretch forth his rod upon the land of Egypt, and Jehovah drove an east wind upon the earth, all that day and all the night: it was,morning, and the east wind raised up the locust And the locust will come up upon all the land of Egypt, and it will rest in all the bounds of Egypt exceeding many: before it was there no locust thus like it, and after it, it shall not be thus.
And he will give their produce to the devourer, and their labor to the locust
To the locust no king, and it will go forth divided all of them;
They cut down her forest, says Jehovah, for it shall not be searched out, for they were many above the locust, and no number to them.
And he as rottenness will fall away; as a garment the moth ate it.
Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal: But treasure to you treasures in heaven, where neither moth, nor gnawing destroy; and where thieves dig not through, nor steal.
Also those dwelling in houses of clay which their foundation in the dust, being crushed before the moth.
He built his house as the moth, and as a booth he watching made.
With corrections for iniquity thou didst correct man, and thou wilt melt down as a moth his beauty: surely every man is vanity. Silence.
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help for me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, they all shall decay as a garment; the moth shall eat them.
For the moth shall eat them as a garment, and as wool shall the moth eat them: and my justice shall be forever, and my salvation to generation of generations.
Sell your possessions, and give alms; make to yourselves purses not growing old, an inexhaustible treasure in the heavens, where the thief approaches not, nor moth corrupts.
They plundered vipers' eggs, and they will weave spiders webs: he eating from their eggs shall die, and being crushed, it shall break forth a viper.
These from them ye shall eat; the locust according to its kind, the winged locust according to its kind, and the locust without wings according to its kind, and the leaping locust according to its kind.
To the leech two daughters: Give, give. Behold, three shall not satisfied; four shall not say, Wealth:
For if thou refusest to send forth my people, behold me bringing to-morrow the locust into thy bounds.
And they heard not to Moses; and the men will leave from it till morning, and it will rot with worms, and it will stink: and Moses will be angry with them.
They four the small of the earth, and they are wise, being made wise: The ants a people not strong, and they will prepare their bread in the summer; The rabbits a people not strong, and they will set their house in the rock;read more.
To the locust no king, and it will go forth divided all of them; The lizard will take hold with their hands, and it is in the temples of the king.
The residue of the creeping locust the common locust ate; and the residue of the common locust the feeder ate; and the residue of the feeder the devourer ate.
But treasure to you treasures in heaven, where neither moth, nor gnawing destroy; and where thieves dig not through, nor steal.
For they and their cattle will come up, and their tents will come, as an abundance of locusts for multitude; and to them and to their camels no number: and they will come into the land to destroy it
From Thematic Bible
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal:
Also those dwelling in houses of clay which their foundation in the dust, being crushed before the moth.
He built his house as the moth, and as a booth he watching made.
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help for me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, they all shall decay as a garment; the moth shall eat them.
And he as rottenness will fall away; as a garment the moth ate it.
Insects » Flies
Flies of death will cause the oil of the perfume to stink, it will ferment: the preciousness of wisdom above the honor of the least folly.
He will send forth among them the gad-fly, and they shall devour them; and frogs, and they shall destroy them.
He said, and the gad-fly will come, and gnats in all their bounds.
For if thou sendest not my people forth, behold me sending upon thee and upon thy servants, and upon thy people and upon thy houses, the gad-fly: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with the gad-fly, and also the land which they are upon it
Insects » Bees
And the Amorite dwelling in that mountain will come forth to your meeting, and will pursue you as bees will do, and they will beat you in Seir to Hormah.
And he will turn back after days to take her, and he will turn aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, an assembly of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
They surrounded me as bees; they were quenched as the fire of thorns: in the name of Jehovah for I will destroy them.
Insects » Grasshoppers » Hornets
And I will send before you the hornet, and it shall drive them out from your face, the two kings of the Amorites: not with thy sword and not with thy bow.
And I sent hornets before thee and to drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before thee.
And also the hornet, Jehovah thy God will send among you till the destroying Of those being left and of those hiding from thy face.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Fly
Flies of death will cause the oil of the perfume to stink, it will ferment: the preciousness of wisdom above the honor of the least folly.
And I separated in that day the land of Goshen, which my people stood upon it, for no gad-fly to be there; that thou shalt know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth.
Insects » Fed by God
This great and broad sea, hands there of the creeping thing, and no number of the beasts, small with great
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Grasshopper
These from them ye shall eat; the locust according to its kind, the winged locust according to its kind, and the locust without wings according to its kind, and the leaping locust according to its kind.
For they and their cattle will come up, and their tents will come, as an abundance of locusts for multitude; and to them and to their camels no number: and they will come into the land to destroy it
Wilt thou cause him to tremble as the locust? the glory of his snorting is terror.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Bee
And he will turn back after days to take her, and he will turn aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, an assembly of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
They surrounded me as bees; they were quenched as the fire of thorns: in the name of Jehovah for I will destroy them.
Insects » Locusts » Spiders
They plundered vipers' eggs, and they will weave spiders webs: he eating from their eggs shall die, and being crushed, it shall break forth a viper.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Moth
Also those dwelling in houses of clay which their foundation in the dust, being crushed before the moth.
He built his house as the moth, and as a booth he watching made.
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help for me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, they all shall decay as a garment; the moth shall eat them.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Ant
Insects » Ants
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Lice
He said, and the gad-fly will come, and gnats in all their bounds.
And Jehovah will say to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth thy rod and smite the dust of the earth, and it shall be for gnats upon all the land of Egypt
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Caterpillar
And your spoil was gathered the gathering of the locust: as the running about of locusts he ran to and fro upon it
And he will give their produce to the devourer, and their labor to the locust
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Spider
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Cankerworm
The residue of the creeping locust the common locust ate; and the residue of the common locust the feeder ate; and the residue of the feeder the devourer ate.
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall devour thee as the feeder: make thee numerous as the feeder, make thee numerous as the locust Thou didst multiply thy traffics above the stars of the heavens: the feeder spread out and it will fly away.
Insects » Clean and unclean (ceremonially speaking)
And every creeping thing flying it is unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.
But this ye shall eat, from every creeping bird going upon four, to which legs from above its feet to spring with them upon the earth. These from them ye shall eat; the locust according to its kind, the winged locust according to its kind, and the locust without wings according to its kind, and the leaping locust according to its kind. And every creeping bird which to it is four feet, it is abomination to you read more.
And for these ye shall be unclean: all touching upon their carcass shall be unclean till evening. And every one lifting up from their carcass shall cleanse his garment; and be unclean till evening.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Earthworm
They shall lick the dust as the serpent, as crawlers of the earth they shall move out of their close places: for Jehovah our God they shall tremble and they shall fear from thee
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Palmerworm
The residue of the creeping locust the common locust ate; and the residue of the common locust the feeder ate; and the residue of the feeder the devourer ate.
I struck you with blasting and with yellowness: the multitudes of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olives the creeping locust shall eat: and ye turned not back even to me, says Jehovah.
Insects » Divided into » Unclean and abominable
And every creeping bird which to it is four feet, it is abomination to you And for these ye shall be unclean: all touching upon their carcass shall be unclean till evening.
Insects » Divided into » Clean and fit for food
But this ye shall eat, from every creeping bird going upon four, to which legs from above its feet to spring with them upon the earth. These from them ye shall eat; the locust according to its kind, the winged locust according to its kind, and the locust without wings according to its kind, and the leaping locust according to its kind.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Hornet
And also the hornet, Jehovah thy God will send among you till the destroying Of those being left and of those hiding from thy face.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Bald locust
These from them ye shall eat; the locust according to its kind, the winged locust according to its kind, and the locust without wings according to its kind, and the leaping locust according to its kind.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Locust
And Jehovah will say to Moses, Stretch forth thy hand upon the land of Egypt, with the locust, and it will come up upon the land of Egypt; and it shall eat every green herb of the land, all which the hail left And Moses will stretch forth his rod upon the land of Egypt, and Jehovah drove an east wind upon the earth, all that day and all the night: it was,morning, and the east wind raised up the locust
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Beetle
These from them ye shall eat; the locust according to its kind, the winged locust according to its kind, and the locust without wings according to its kind, and the leaping locust according to its kind.
Insects » Created by God
And God will say, the earth shall bring forth the living soul according to its kind, cattle and creeping things, and living things of the earth after its kind: and it shall be so. And God will make the living thing of the earth according to its kind, and cattle according to its kind, and every creeping thing of the earth according to its kind: and God will see that it is
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Flea
After whom did the king of Israel come forth? after whom pursuest thou? after a dead dog? after one flea?
Insects » Fleas
After whom did the king of Israel come forth? after whom pursuest thou? after a dead dog? after one flea?
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Gnat
Blind guides, straining a gnat, and swallowing down a camel.
Insects » Gnats
Blind guides, straining a gnat, and swallowing down a camel.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Maggot
And they heard not to Moses; and the men will leave from it till morning, and it will rot with worms, and it will stink: and Moses will be angry with them.
