18 Bible Verses about Snakes
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when Paul having taken up some brush-wood and laid it upon the fire, a viper started out from the heat, and seiz'd upon his hand. the barbarians seeing the venomous creature hang fast to his hand, said to one another, this man is a murderer, no doubt; for, escaped from the wreck, the divine justice still pursues him to death. but Paul shook off the animal into the fire without having receiv'd any hurt.read more.
however, they expected to have seen him swell, or suddenly die away. but when they had waited a good while, and saw no harm come to him, they were of another opinion, and said he was a God.
for the power of these horses is in their mouths, and in their tails: for their tails were like serpents, and had heads, with which they do mischief.
neither let us provoke Christ as some of them provoked him, and were destroyed by serpents.
they shall handle serpents, and if they drink any mortal poison, it shall do them no hurt: they shall lay hands on the sick, and the sick shall recover.
I have authoriz'd you to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and triumph over all the power of the enemy; so that nothing shall be capable of doing you any mischief.
By your mission you will be expos'd like sheep in the midst of wolves: be then as circumspect as serpents, and as inoffensive as doves:
is there any of you that would offer his son a stone when he ask'd for bread? or instead of a fish, would he give him a serpent?
what father among you would give his son a stone, when he asketh for bread? or if for a fish, instead of a fish would he give him a serpent?
but when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadduces come to his baptism, he said to them, "Ye brood of vipers, who has warned you to fly from the wrath to come?
O degenerate race, how can ye, wicked as ye are, utter any thing that is good? for "'tis the overflowing of the heart that the mouth dischargeth."
their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, call'd the devil or satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were precipitated with him.
but I fear lest by some means or other, as Eve was beguiled by the subtilly of the serpent, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is due to Christ.
and he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil and satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
but as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life.
Topics on Snakes
Power Over Snakes
Luke 10:19I have authoriz'd you to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and triumph over all the power of the enemy; so that nothing shall be capable of doing you any mischief.
Things Like Snakes
Romans 3:13their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: