39 Bible Verses about bugs
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And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to send forth a foul odor: so does a little folly to him that is respected for wisdom and honor.
Whatsoever goes upon the belly, and whatsoever goes upon all fours, or whatsoever has many feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats in all their country.
And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
All winged insects that creep, going upon all fours, shall be an abomination unto you.
Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon you, and upon your servants, and upon your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they are.
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, said the LORD of hosts.
And every winged insect is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a man.
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
Even these of them you may eat; the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and died.
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
And God created great sea creatures, and every living thing that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
And God made the beasts of the earth after their kinds, and cattle after their kinds, and every thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
And the LORD God prepared a plant, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceedingly glad for the plant.
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.
And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it attacked the plant so that it withered.
Fear not, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says the LORD, and your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
And for these you shall be unclean: whosoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening.