27 Bible Verses about Serpents

Then the people came to Moses and said, We have done wrong in crying out against the Lord and against you: make prayer to the Lord to take away the snakes from us. So Moses made prayer for the people.

May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall.

Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way. And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us. Then the Lord sent poison-snakes among the people; and their bites were a cause of death to numbers of the people of Israel. read more.
Then the people came to Moses and said, We have done wrong in crying out against the Lord and against you: make prayer to the Lord to take away the snakes from us. So Moses made prayer for the people. And the Lord said to Moses, Make an image of a snake and put it on a rod, and anyone who has been wounded by the snakes, looking on it will be made well. So Moses made a snake of brass and put it on a rod; and anyone who had a snakebite, after looking on the snake of brass, was made well.

Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and they did as the Lord had said: and Aaron put his rod down on the earth before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a snake.

And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,

And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?

But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?

You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

Then the Lord sent poison-snakes among the people; and their bites were a cause of death to numbers of the people of Israel.

And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:

They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.

The wolf and the lamb will take their food together, and the lion will make a meal of grass like the ox: but dust will be the snake's food. There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

If Pharaoh says to you, Let me see a wonder: then say to Aaron, Take your rod and put it down on the earth before Pharaoh so that it may become a snake.

And he said, Put it down on the earth. And he put it down on the earth and it became a snake; and Moses went running from it.

Go to Pharaoh in the morning; when he goes out to the water, you will be waiting for him by the edge of the Nile, with the rod which was turned into a snake in your hand;

In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.

Be not glad, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod which was on you is broken: for out of the snake's root will come a poison-snake, and its fruit will be a winged poison-snake.

Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?

See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.

They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.

By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.

In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.

If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.

He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.

Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you;

And the Lord said to Moses, Make an image of a snake and put it on a rod, and anyone who has been wounded by the snakes, looking on it will be made well. So Moses made a snake of brass and put it on a rod; and anyone who had a snakebite, after looking on the snake of brass, was made well.

May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall.

You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?

May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall.

And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:

And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.

And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:

Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?

Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake.

As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.

For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;

By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.

You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?