10 Bible Verses about Serpents
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Indeed the Son of man must be lifted on high, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,
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."
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.
I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise like serpents and guileless like doves.
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.
he gripped the dragon, that old serpent (who is the devil and Satan), and bound him for a thousand years,
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.
but I am afraid of your thoughts getting seduced from a single devotion to Christ, just as the serpent beguiled Eve with his cunning.
You serpents! you brood of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?
So the huge dragon was thrown down ??that old serpent called the Devil and Satan, the seducer of the whole world ??thrown down to the earth, and his angels thrown down along with him.
From Thematic Bible
Conviction » Instances of » The israelites » Complaints » Serpents
Highways » Infested with » Serpents
Israel » Scoured » Serpents » Poisonous
Reptiles » Serpents
Serpents » Illustrative » Of the devil
he gripped the dragon, that old serpent (who is the devil and Satan), and bound him for a thousand years,
So the huge dragon was thrown down ??that old serpent called the Devil and Satan, the seducer of the whole world ??thrown down to the earth, and his angels thrown down along with him.
but I am afraid of your thoughts getting seduced from a single devotion to Christ, just as the serpent beguiled Eve with his cunning.
Serpents » Evil men compared to
You serpents! you brood of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?
You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are evil? For the mouth utters what the heart is full of.
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
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
I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise like serpents and guileless like doves.
Serpents » Miracles connected with » Power over, given to the disciples
I have indeed given you the power of treading on serpents and scorpions and of trampling down all the power of the Enemy; nothing shall injure you.
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
You serpents! you brood of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?
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
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
For while every kind of beast and bird, of creeping animals and creatures marine, is tameable and has been tamed by mankind,
Serpents » Created by God
Titles and names of the wicked » Serpents
You serpents! you brood of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?
Wicked people » Compared with » Serpents
You serpents! you brood of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?
Wicked, the, are compared to » Serpents
You serpents! you brood of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?
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