'Serpents' in the Bible

For every man threw down his staff and they turned into serpents; but Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

Then the Lord sent fiery (burning) serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and many Israelites died.

So the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord, so that He will remove the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; it was He who brought water for you out of the flinty rock.

“Their wine is the venom of serpents,And the deadly poison of vipers.

“For behold, I am sending serpents among you,Vipers which cannot be charmed,And they will bite you,” says the Lord.

“Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda].

You serpents, you spawn of vipers, how can you escape the penalty of hell?

they will pick up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”

Listen carefully: I have given you authority [that you now possess] to tread on serpents and scorpions, and [the ability to exercise authority] over all the power of the enemy (Satan); and nothing will [in any way] harm you.

We must not tempt the Lord [that is, test His patience, question His purpose or exploit His goodness], as some of them did—and they were killed by serpents.

For the power of the horses [to do harm] is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and it is with them that they do harm.