26 Bible Verses about Serpents

And the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people.

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse's heels so that his rider falls backward.

From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. And the people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food." Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. read more.
And the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live." So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent.

And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world--he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?"

But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

He said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

they shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured by plague and poisonous pestilence; I will send the teeth of beasts against them, with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.

Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents,

The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

they shall lick the dust like a serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their strongholds; they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God, and they shall be in fear of you.

The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain," says the LORD.

"When Pharaoh says to you, 'Prove yourselves by working a miracle,' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'"

And he said, "Throw it on the ground." So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it.

Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent.

In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.

for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags

They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

they shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured by plague and poisonous pestilence; I will send the teeth of beasts against them, with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.

For behold, I am sending among you serpents, adders that cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you," declares the LORD.

Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the serpent's root will come forth an adder, and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?"

"Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.

they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."

By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.

If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.

who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock,

And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live." So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse's heels so that his rider falls backward.

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse's heels so that his rider falls backward.

The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."

The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

They hatch adders' eggs; they weave the spider's web; he who eats their eggs dies, and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.

as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him.

For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind,

By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,