39 Bible Verses about bugs
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And they have tails similar in appearance to scorpions, and stings, and their power to injure people [for] five months [is] in their tails.
Dead flies cause a bad smell [and] ruin the ointment of the perfumer. So also a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
You must not eat anything that moves upon its belly or that walks on [all] fours, even any [with] numerous feet [belonging] to any swarmer that swarms on the land, because they [are] detestable.
He spoke, and there came flies [and] gnats throughout all their territory.
And Yahweh did so, and a {severe} [swarm of] flies came to the house of Pharaoh and the house of his servants and in all the land of Egypt; the land was ruined because of the flies.
" 'Any {winged insect} that walks on [all] fours [is] detestable to you.
But if you are not [about to] release my people, look, I [am about] to send out flies among you and among your servants and among your people and in your houses; and the houses of Egypt will fill up with the flies and also the ground that they are on.
I know every bird of [the] mountains, and [every] moving creature in [the] field [is] mine.
and they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like [the teeth] of lions,
I will rebuke the devourer for you; it will not destroy the fruit of your soil; your vine in the field will not be unfruitful," says Yahweh of hosts.
And [also] all [of] {the winged insects}; they [are] unclean for you; you shall not eat [them].
And it was granted to them that they should not kill them, but that they would be tormented five months, and their torment [is] like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person.
The ants [are] a people [who are] not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
{From these} you may eat the locust according to its kind and the bald locust according to its kind and the cricket according to its kind and the grasshopper according to its kind.
And the appearance of the locusts [was] like horses prepared for battle, and on their heads [were something] like crowns similar in appearance to gold, and their faces [were] like men's faces,
and they had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings [was] like the sound of many {horse-drawn chariots} running into battle.
And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down {because} he did not give the glory to God. And he was eaten by worms [and] died.
And out of the smoke locusts came to the earth, and power was given to them like the scorpions of the earth have power.
So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature [that] moves, [with] which the waters swarm, according to their kind, and every bird [with] wings according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.
So God made wild animals according to their kind and the cattle according to their kind, and every creeping thing of the earth according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.
He sent among them flies that devoured them and frogs that destroyed them.
And Yahweh God appointed a plant, and he made it grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. And Jonah {was very glad} about the plant.
There we saw the Nephilim (the descendants of Anak [came] from the Nephilim), and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their eyes."
But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common and unclean!"
But the Pharisees, [when they] heard [it], said, "This man does not expel demons except by Beelzebul the ruler of demons!"
And I will send the hornet before you, and it will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you.
So God appointed a worm {at daybreak} the next day, and it attacked the plant, and it withered.
You must not fear, O worm of Jacob; people of Israel, I myself, I will help you," {declares} Yahweh, "and your redeemer [is] the holy one of Israel.
After whom did the king of Israel go out? After whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog? After one flea?
Blind guides who filter out a gnat and swallow a camel!
And Yahweh did according to the word of Moses and removed the flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one was left.
And Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh drove an east wind into the land all that day and all night. The morning came, and the east wind had brought the locusts.
And by these you shall become unclean--anyone who touches their dead body shall become unclean until the evening,