55 Bible Verses about Insects
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And all fowls that creep and go upon all fours shall be an abomination unto you. Yet these may ye eat of all the fowls that move and go upon four feet, even those that have no knees above upon their feet to leap withal upon the earth, even these of them ye may eat: the arb and all his kind; the soleam with all his kind; the hargol and all the kind; and the hagab and all his kind.read more.
All other fowls that move and have four feet, shall be abomination unto you.
And all creeping fowls are unclean unto you and may not be eaten of;
The Emmets are but a weak people, yet gather they their meat together in the harvest.
And within a short space after, as he went thither again to take her to wife, he turned out of the way, to see the carcass of the Lion. And behold, there was a swarm of bees in the carcass of the Lion and honey.
Then the Amorites, which dwelt in those hills, came out against you and chased you as bees do, and hewed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
They came about me like bees, and are extinguished even as the fire among the thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
After whom art thou come out, thou king of Israel? After whom chasest thou? Even after a dead dog, and after a flea!
And yet I hope my blood shall not fall to the earth before the face of the LORD, though the king of Israel be come out to hunt a flea, as men hunt the partridges in the mountains."
And the LORD did even so; and there came noisome flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses and into all the land of Egypt: so that the land was marred with flies.
If thou wilt not let my people go, behold: I will send all manner flies both upon thee and thy servants, and thy people, and into thy houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of flies, and the ground whereon they are. But I will separate the same day the land of Goshen where my people are, so that there shall no flies be there: that thou mayest know that I am the LORD upon the earth.
How he sent lice among them, to eat them up, and frogs to destroy them;
Lift up your eyes to heaven and behold the earth beneath. For heaven shall vanish away as smoke, and the earth shall wear away as a vesture, and the inhabiters thereof shall perish away after the same manner: but my salvation shall endure ever, and my righteousness shall not perish.
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Say unto Aaron, 'Stretch out thy rod and smite the dust of the land that it may turn to lice in all the land of Egypt.'"
Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
And they did so. And Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and smote the dust of the earth, and it turned to lice both in man and beast, so that all the dust of the land turned to lice, throughout all the land of Egypt. And the enchanters assayed likewise with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. And the lice were both upon man and beast.
He spake the word, and there came all manner of flies and lice in all their quarters.
That he sitteth upon the Circle of the world, and that all the inhabiters of the world are, in comparison of him, but as grasshoppers; That he spreadeth out the heavens as a covering, he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in;
And there we saw also giants, the children of Anak which are of the giants. And we seemed in our sight as it were grasshoppers and so we did in their sight."
If there chance dearth in the land, pestilence, blasting or withering of corn, or that the fruits be devoured of grasshoppers or caterpillars, or if their enemies besiege them in the land and in their own cities, or whatsoever plague or sickness chance:
If there chance dearth in the land, pestilence, burning or smiting of corn, grasshoppers or caterpillars, or that their enemies besiege them in the cities of their own land, or whatsoever plague or sickness it be.
He spake the word, and the grasshoppers came, and caterpillars innumerable,
yet the fire shall consume thee, the sword shall destroy thee. Yea, as the locust doth, so shall it eat thee up. It shall fall heavily upon thee as the locusts, yea right heavily shall it fall upon thee, even as the grasshoppers.
and I will send hornets before thee, and they shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites and the Hittites before thee.
Thereto, the LORD thy God will send hornets among them until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
And I sent hornets before you and ye cast out before you: even the two kings of the Amorites: but not with your own sword or with your own bow.
And I will restore you again, with my great power which I have sent unto you, the years which the locusts and caterpillars have devoured.
This John had his garment of camel's hair, and a girdle of a skin about his loins; his meat was locusts and wild honey.
John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a beast's skin about his loins. And he did eat locusts and wild honey,
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for grasshoppers; that they come upon the land of Egypt and eat all the herbs of the land, and all that the hail left untouched." 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 night. And in the morning the east wind brought the grasshoppers, and the grasshoppers went up over all the land of Egypt and lighted in all quarters of Egypt very grievously: so that before them were there no such grasshoppers, neither after them shall be.
How he gave their fruits unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the grasshopper;
The grasshoppers have not a guide, yet go they forth together by heaps.
And they shall cut down her wood, sayeth the LORD, without any discretion. For they shall be more in number than the grasshoppers, so that no man shall be able to tell them.
Whereas I, notwithstanding, must consume like as a foul carrion, and as a cloth that is moth eaten.
"See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But gather ye treasures together in heaven, where neither rust, nor yet moths corrupt: and where thieves neither break up, nor yet steal.
How much more then shall they that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is but earth: which shall be consumed by the moth?
His house shall endure as the moth, and as a booth that the watchman maketh.
When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment; every man therefore is but vanity. Selah.
Behold, the LORD God standeth by me: what is he that can condemn me? Lo, they shall be all like as an old cloth, which the moths shall eat up.
For worms shall eat them as a garment, and moths shall devour them as it were wool. But my righteousness shall continue ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as a caterpillar.
Sell that ye have, and give alms. And make you bags, which wax not old, and treasure that faileth not in heaven, where no thief cometh, neither moth corrupteth.
They breed cockatrice eggs, and weave the spider's web. Whoso eateth of their eggs dieth. But if one treadeth upon them, there cometh up a serpent.
even these of them ye may eat: the arb and all his kind; the soleam with all his kind; the hargol and all the kind; and the hagab and all his kind.
This generation which is like a horse-leech, hath two daughters; the one is called "fetch hither," and the other "bring hither."
If thou wilt not let my people go: behold, tomorrow will I bring grasshoppers into thy land,
Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto Moses: but some of them left of it until the morning, and it waxed full of worms and stank, and Moses was angry with them.
There be four things in the earth, the which are very little: but in wisdom they exceed the wise. The Emmets are but a weak people, yet gather they their meat together in the harvest. The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their couches among the rocks.read more.
The grasshoppers have not a guide, yet go they forth together by heaps. The spider laboureth with her hands, and that in the kings' palace.
Look, what the caterpillar hath left, that hath the grasshopper eaten up; what the grasshopper left, that hath the locust eaten up; and what the locust hath left, that hath the blasting consumed.
But gather ye treasures together in heaven, where neither rust, nor yet moths corrupt: and where thieves neither break up, nor yet steal.
for they came with their cattle and households even as grasshoppers in multitude: so that both they and also their camels were without number. And they entered the land to destroy it.
From Thematic Bible
Insects » Locusts » Moths
"See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
How much more then shall they that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is but earth: which shall be consumed by the moth?
His house shall endure as the moth, and as a booth that the watchman maketh.
Behold, the LORD God standeth by me: what is he that can condemn me? Lo, they shall be all like as an old cloth, which the moths shall eat up.
Whereas I, notwithstanding, must consume like as a foul carrion, and as a cloth that is moth eaten.
Insects » Flies
Dead flies corrupt sweet ointment and make it to stink. Even so, oft times, he that hath been had in estimation for wisdom and honour is abhorred because of a little foolishness.
How he sent lice among them, to eat them up, and frogs to destroy them;
He spake the word, and there came all manner of flies and lice in all their quarters.
If thou wilt not let my people go, behold: I will send all manner flies both upon thee and thy servants, and thy people, and into thy houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of flies, and the ground whereon they are.
Insects » Bees
Then the Amorites, which dwelt in those hills, came out against you and chased you as bees do, and hewed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
And within a short space after, as he went thither again to take her to wife, he turned out of the way, to see the carcass of the Lion. And behold, there was a swarm of bees in the carcass of the Lion and honey.
They came about me like bees, and are extinguished even as the fire among the thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Insects » Grasshoppers » Hornets
And I sent hornets before you and ye cast out before you: even the two kings of the Amorites: but not with your own sword or with your own bow.
and I will send hornets before thee, and they shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites and the Hittites before thee.
Thereto, the LORD thy God will send hornets among them until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Fly
Dead flies corrupt sweet ointment and make it to stink. Even so, oft times, he that hath been had in estimation for wisdom and honour is abhorred because of a little foolishness.
But I will separate the same day the land of Goshen where my people are, so that there shall no flies be there: that thou mayest know that I am the LORD upon the earth.
Insects » Fed by God
So is this great and wide sea also, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Grasshopper
even these of them ye may eat: the arb and all his kind; the soleam with all his kind; the hargol and all the kind; and the hagab and all his kind.
for they came with their cattle and households even as grasshoppers in multitude: so that both they and also their camels were without number. And they entered the land to destroy it.
that he letteth himself be driven forth like a grasshopper, whereas the stout neighing that he maketh, is fearful?
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Bee
And within a short space after, as he went thither again to take her to wife, he turned out of the way, to see the carcass of the Lion. And behold, there was a swarm of bees in the carcass of the Lion and honey.
They came about me like bees, and are extinguished even as the fire among the thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Insects » Locusts » Spiders
They breed cockatrice eggs, and weave the spider's web. Whoso eateth of their eggs dieth. But if one treadeth upon them, there cometh up a serpent.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Moth
How much more then shall they that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is but earth: which shall be consumed by the moth?
His house shall endure as the moth, and as a booth that the watchman maketh.
Behold, the LORD God standeth by me: what is he that can condemn me? Lo, they shall be all like as an old cloth, which the moths shall eat up.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Ant
The Emmets are but a weak people, yet gather they their meat together in the harvest.
Insects » Ants
The Emmets are but a weak people, yet gather they their meat together in the harvest.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Lice
He spake the word, and there came all manner of flies and lice in all their quarters.
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Say unto Aaron, 'Stretch out thy rod and smite the dust of the land that it may turn to lice in all the land of Egypt.'"
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Caterpillar
and that their spoil may be gathered, as the grasshoppers are commonly gathered together into the pit.
How he gave their fruits unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the grasshopper;
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Spider
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Cankerworm
Look, what the caterpillar hath left, that hath the grasshopper eaten up; what the grasshopper left, that hath the locust eaten up; and what the locust hath left, that hath the blasting consumed.
yet the fire shall consume thee, the sword shall destroy thee. Yea, as the locust doth, so shall it eat thee up. It shall fall heavily upon thee as the locusts, yea right heavily shall it fall upon thee, even as the grasshoppers. Thy merchants have been numbered with the stars of heaven: but now shall they spread abroad as the locusts, and flee their way.
Insects » Clean and unclean (ceremonially speaking)
And all creeping fowls are unclean unto you and may not be eaten of;
Yet these may ye eat of all the fowls that move and go upon four feet, even those that have no knees above upon their feet to leap withal upon the earth, even these of them ye may eat: the arb and all his kind; the soleam with all his kind; the hargol and all the kind; and the hagab and all his kind. All other fowls that move and have four feet, shall be abomination unto you. read more.
In such ye shall be unclean: whosoever touch the carcass of them shall be unclean unto the even, and whosoever beareth the carcass of them, shall wash his clothes and shall be unclean until even.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Earthworm
How much more then man, that is but corruption, and the son of man, which is but a worm?"
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, as the worms of the earth, that tremble in their holes. They shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and they shall fear thee.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Palmerworm
Look, what the caterpillar hath left, that hath the grasshopper eaten up; what the grasshopper left, that hath the locust eaten up; and what the locust hath left, that hath the blasting consumed.
'I have smitten you with drought and blasting: and look how many orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees ye had: the caterpillar hath eaten them up. But yet will ye not turn unto me,' sayeth the LORD.
Insects » Divided into » Unclean and abominable
All other fowls that move and have four feet, shall be abomination unto you. In such ye shall be unclean: whosoever touch the carcass of them shall be unclean unto the even,
Insects » Divided into » Clean and fit for food
Yet these may ye eat of all the fowls that move and go upon four feet, even those that have no knees above upon their feet to leap withal upon the earth, even these of them ye may eat: the arb and all his kind; the soleam with all his kind; the hargol and all the kind; and the hagab and all his kind.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Hornet
Thereto, the LORD thy God will send hornets among them until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Bald locust
even these of them ye may eat: the arb and all his kind; the soleam with all his kind; the hargol and all the kind; and the hagab and all his kind.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Locust
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for grasshoppers; that they come upon the land of Egypt and eat all the herbs of the land, and all that the hail left untouched." 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 night. And in the morning the east wind brought the grasshoppers,
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Beetle
even these of them ye may eat: the arb and all his kind; the soleam with all his kind; the hargol and all the kind; and the hagab and all his kind.
Insects » Created by God
And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures in their kinds: cattle and worms and beasts of the earth in their kinds." And so it came to pass. And God made the beasts of the earth in their kinds, and cattle in their kinds, and all manner worms of the earth in their kinds: and God saw that it was good.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Flea
After whom art thou come out, thou king of Israel? After whom chasest thou? Even after a dead dog, and after a flea!
Insects » Fleas
After whom art thou come out, thou king of Israel? After whom chasest thou? Even after a dead dog, and after a flea!
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Gnat
Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Insects » Gnats
Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Maggot
Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto Moses: but some of them left of it until the morning, and it waxed full of worms and stank, and Moses was angry with them.
