55 Bible Verses about Insects

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Leviticus 11:20-23

All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination to you. Yet these may ye eat, of every flying creeping animal that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with upon the earth; Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.read more.
But all other flying creeping animals, which have four feet, shall be an abomination to you.

Deuteronomy 14:19

And every creeping animal that flieth is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

Proverbs 30:25

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

Judges 14:8

And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion.

Deuteronomy 1:44

And the Amorites, who dwelt on that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even to Hormah.

Psalm 118:12

They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

Isaiah 7:18

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea?

1 Samuel 26:20

Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel hath come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

Exodus 8:24

And the LORD did so: and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

Exodus 8:21-22

Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they are. And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

Psalm 78:45

He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall become old like a garment, and its inhabitants shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Exodus 8:16

And the LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

Matthew 23:24

Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Exodus 8:17-18

And they did so: for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And the magicians did so with their inchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man and upon beast.

Psalm 105:31

He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their borders.

Isaiah 40:22

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Numbers 13:33

And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

1 Kings 8:37

If there shall be in the land famine, if there shall be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there shall be caterpillar; if their enemy shall besiege them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there shall be;

2 Chronicles 6:28

If there shall be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies shall besiege them in the cities of their land; whatever calamity, or whatever sickness there be:

Psalm 105:34

He spoke, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number,

Nahum 3:15

There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm, make thyself many as the locusts.

Exodus 23:28

And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before thee.

Deuteronomy 7:20

Moreover, the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, shall be destroyed.

Joshua 24:12

And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

Joel 2:25

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.

Matthew 3:4

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1:6

And John was clothed with camels hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey;

Exodus 10:12-14

And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night: and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them will be such.

Psalm 78:46

He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.

Proverbs 30:27

The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

Jeremiah 46:23

They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

Job 13:28

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth-eaten.

Matthew 6:19-20

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.

Job 4:19

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

Job 27:18

He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

Psalm 39:11

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Isaiah 50:9

Behold the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth shall eat them like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

Hosea 5:12

Therefore will I be to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch cockatrice eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

Leviticus 11:22

Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

Proverbs 30:15

The horse-leech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four things say not, It is enough:

Exodus 10:4

Else, if thou shalt refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring the locusts into thy border:

Exodus 16:20

Notwithstanding, they hearkened not to Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became offensive; and Moses was wroth with them.

Proverbs 30:24-28

There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are very wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer; The conies are but a feeble people, yet they make their houses in the rocks;read more.
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces.

Joel 1:4

That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.

Matthew 6:20

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.

Judges 6:5

For they came up with their cattle, and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

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Insects » Locusts » Moths

Job 4:19

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

Job 27:18

He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

Isaiah 50:9

Behold the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

Job 13:28

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth-eaten.

More verses: James 5:2 Hosea 5:12

Insects » Flies

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth an offensive odor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.

Psalm 78:45

He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

Psalm 105:31

He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their borders.

Exodus 8:21

Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they are.

Insects » Bees

Isaiah 7:18

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

Deuteronomy 1:44

And the Amorites, who dwelt on that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even to Hormah.

Judges 14:8

And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion.

Psalm 118:12

They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

Insects » Grasshoppers » Hornets

Joshua 24:12

And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

Exodus 23:28

And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before thee.

Deuteronomy 7:20

Moreover, the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, shall be destroyed.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Fly

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth an offensive odor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.

Isaiah 7:18

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

Exodus 8:22

And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

Insects » Fed by God

Psalm 104:25

So is this great and wide sea, in which are creeping animals innumerable, both small and great beasts.

Psalm 145:9

The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Grasshopper

Leviticus 11:22

Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

Judges 6:5

For they came up with their cattle, and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

Job 39:20

Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Bee

Isaiah 7:18

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

Judges 14:8

And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion.

Psalm 118:12

They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

Insects » Locusts » Spiders

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch cockatrice eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Moth

Job 4:19

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

Job 27:18

He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

Isaiah 50:9

Behold the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Ant

Proverbs 30:25

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

Insects » Ants

Proverbs 30:25

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Lice

Psalm 105:31

He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their borders.

Exodus 8:16

And the LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Caterpillar

Isaiah 33:4

And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

Psalm 78:46

He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Spider

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Cankerworm

Joel 1:4

That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.

Nahum 3:15-16

There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm, make thyself many as the locusts. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm spoileth, and flieth away.

Insects » Clean and unclean (ceremonially speaking)

Deuteronomy 14:19

And every creeping animal that flieth is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

Leviticus 11:21-25

Yet these may ye eat, of every flying creeping animal that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with upon the earth; Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. But all other flying creeping animals, which have four feet, shall be an abomination to you. read more.
And for these ye shall be unclean: whoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening. And whoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Earthworm

Job 25:6

How much less man, that is a worm; and the son of man, who is a worm?

Micah 7:17

They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Palmerworm

Joel 1:4

That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.

Amos 4:9

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees increased, the palmer-worm devoured them: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD.

Insects » Divided into » Unclean and abominable

Leviticus 11:23-24

But all other flying creeping animals, which have four feet, shall be an abomination to you. And for these ye shall be unclean: whoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening.

Insects » Divided into » Clean and fit for food

Leviticus 11:21-22

Yet these may ye eat, of every flying creeping animal that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with upon the earth; Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Hornet

Deuteronomy 7:20

Moreover, the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, shall be destroyed.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Bald locust

Leviticus 11:22

Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Locust

Exodus 10:12-13

And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon 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

Leviticus 11:22

Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

Insects » Created by God

Genesis 1:24-25

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and the creeping animal, and the beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every animal that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Flea

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea?

Insects » Fleas

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea?

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Gnat

Matthew 23:24

Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Insects » Gnats

Matthew 23:24

Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Maggot

Exodus 16:20

Notwithstanding, they hearkened not to Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became offensive; and Moses was wroth with them.

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