10 Bible Verses about Serpents

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Mark 16:18

they will handle serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick and make them well."

Acts 28:3-6

Now Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, when a viper crawled out with the heat and fastened on his hand. When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, "This man must be a murderer! He has escaped the sea, but Justice will not let him live." However, he shook off the creature into the fire and was not a whit the worse.read more.
The natives waited for him to swell up or drop down dead in a moment, but after waiting a long while and observing that no harm had befallen him, they changed their minds and declared he was a god.

John 3:14-16

Indeed the Son of man must be lifted on high, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. For God loved the world so dearly that he gave up his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life, instead of perishing.

John 3:14-15

Indeed the Son of man must be lifted on high, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.

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Conviction » Instances of » The israelites » Complaints » Serpents

Highways » Infested with » Serpents

Israel » Scoured » Serpents » Poisonous

Reptiles » Serpents

Serpents » Illustrative » Of the devil

Serpents » Evil men compared to

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are evil? For the mouth utters what the heart is full of.

Luke 3:7

To the crowds who came out to get baptized by him John said, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath?

Serpents » Often sent as a punishment

1 Corinthians 10:9

Nor must we presume upon the Lord as some of them did ??only to be destroyed by serpents.

Serpents » Doomed to eat their food mingled with dust

Serpents » Miracles connected with » Moses' rod turned into

Serpents » Illustrative » (poisonous bite of,) of baneful effects of wine

Serpents » Many kinds of poisonous

Serpents » Illustrative » Of enemies who harass and destroy

Serpents » Characterized as subtle

Serpents » Miracles connected with » Power over, given to the disciples

Mark 16:18

they will handle serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick and make them well."

Serpents » Called crooked

Serpents » Were often enchanted or fascinated

Serpents » Infest » Hedges

Serpents » Infest » Deserts

Serpents » Miracles connected with » Israelites cured by looking at one of brass

Serpents » Illustrative » Of the tribe of dan

Serpents » Illustrative » Of hypocrites

Serpents » Dangerous to travellers

Serpents » Doomed to creep on their belly

Serpents » Man's aversion and hatred to

Serpents » Cursed above all creatures

Serpents » Unclean and unfit for food

Matthew 7:10

Or, if he asks a fish, will you hand him a serpent?

Serpents » Illustrative » (sharp tongue of,) of malice of the wicked

Serpents » Produced from eggs

Serpents » Infest » Holes in walls

Serpents » All kinds of, can be tamed

Serpents » Created by God

Titles and names of the wicked » Serpents

Wicked people » Compared with » Serpents

Wicked, the, are compared to » Serpents

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