10 Bible Verses about Serpents

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Mark 16:18

they will take snakes in their hands; even if they drink anything poisonous, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."

Acts 28:3-6

Paul, too, gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he put them on the fire, because of the heat, a viper crawled out of them and fastened itself upon his hand. When the natives saw the reptile hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "Beyond a doubt this man is a murderer, for though he has been rescued from the sea, justice will not let him live." But he simply shook the reptile off into the fire and suffered no harm.read more.
The natives kept on looking for him to swell up or suddenly drop dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual take place on him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

John 3:14-16

And just as Moses in the desert lifted the serpent on the pole, the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who trusts in Him may have eternal life. "For God loved the world so much that He gave His Only Son, so that anyone who trusts in Him may never perish but have eternal life.

John 3:14-15

And just as Moses in the desert lifted the serpent on the pole, the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who trusts 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, wicked as you are, say anything that is good? For the mouth talks about the things that fill the heart.

Luke 3:7

So he used to say to the crowds that continued to come out there to be baptized by him: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?

Serpents » Often sent as a punishment

1 Corinthians 10:9

Let us stop trying the Lord's patience, as some of them did, and for it were destroyed by the snakes.

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 take snakes in their hands; even if they drink anything poisonous, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get 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 for a fish, will he give him a snake?

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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