9 Bible Verses about Scorpions

Most Relevant Verses

Luke 10:19

Listen carefully: I have given you authority [that you now possess] to tread on serpents and scorpions, and [the ability to exercise authority] over all the power of the enemy (Satan); and nothing will [in any way] harm you.

Luke 11:12

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

1 Kings 12:11

And now, whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

1 Kings 12:14

and spoke to them in accordance with the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but as for me, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

Deuteronomy 8:15

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; it was He who brought water for you out of the flinty rock.

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words; though briars and thorns are all around you and you sit among scorpions, neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house.

Revelation 9:3

Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power [to hurt] was given to them, like the power which the earth’s scorpions have.

Revelation 9:10

They have tails like scorpions, and stingers; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months.

Revelation 9:5

They were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment and cause them extreme pain for five months; and their torment was like the torment from a scorpion when it stings a man.

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Scorpions » Illustrative » Ministers of antiChrist

Revelation 9:3

Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power [to hurt] was given to them, like the power which the earth’s scorpions have.

Revelation 9:5

They were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment and cause them extreme pain for five months; and their torment was like the torment from a scorpion when it stings a man.

Revelation 9:10

They have tails like scorpions, and stingers; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months.

Scorpions » Abounded in the great desert

Deuteronomy 8:15

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; it was He who brought water for you out of the flinty rock.

Scorpions » Armed with a sharp sting in its tail

Revelation 9:10

They have tails like scorpions, and stingers; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months.

Scorpions » Sting of, venomous and caused torment

Revelation 9:5

They were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment and cause them extreme pain for five months; and their torment was like the torment from a scorpion when it stings a man.

Scorpions » Illustrative » Severe scourges

1 Kings 12:11

And now, whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

Scorpions » Illustrative » Wicked men

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words; though briars and thorns are all around you and you sit among scorpions, neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house.

Scorpions » Christ gave his disciples power over

Luke 10:19

Listen carefully: I have given you authority [that you now possess] to tread on serpents and scorpions, and [the ability to exercise authority] over all the power of the enemy (Satan); and nothing will [in any way] harm you.

Scorpions » Unfit for food

Luke 11:12

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Wicked people » Compared with » Scorpions

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words; though briars and thorns are all around you and you sit among scorpions, neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house.

Wicked, the, are compared to » Scorpions

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words; though briars and thorns are all around you and you sit among scorpions, neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house.

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