Bible verses about Serpents
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- Created by God
Job 26:13- Characterised as subtle
Genesis 3:1; Matthew 10:16- Called crooked
Job 26:13; Isaiah 27:1- Unclean and unfit for food
Matthew 7:10- INFEST
- Hedges
Ecclesiastes 10:8
- Holes in walls
Amos 5:19
- Deserts
Deuteronomy 8:15- Produced from eggs
Isaiah 59:5- Cursed above all creatures
Genesis 3:14- Doomed to creep on their belly
Genesis 3:14- Doomed to eat their food mingled with dust
Genesis 3:14; Isaiah 65:25; Micah 7:17- Many kinds of poisonous
Deuteronomy 32:24; Psalms 58:4- All kinds of, can be tamed
James 3:7- Were often enchanted or fascinated
Ecclesiastes 10:11- Dangerous to travellers
Genesis 49:17- Man's aversion and hatred to
Genesis 3:15- Often sent as a punishment
Numbers 21:6; Deuteronomy 32:24; I Corinthians 10:9- MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
- Moses' rod turned into
Exodus 4:3; 7:9,15
- Israelites cured by looking at one of brass
Numbers 21:8,9; John 3:14,15
- Power over, given to the disciples
Mark 16:18; Luke 10:19- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the devil
Genesis 3:1; II Corinthians 11:3; Revelation 12:9; 20:2
- Of hypocrites
Matthew 23:33
- Of the tribe of Dan
Genesis 49:17
- Of enemies who harass and destroy
Isaiah 14:29; Jeremiah 8:17
- (Sharp tongue of,) of malice of the wicked
Psalms 140:3
- (Poisonous bite of,) of baneful effects of wine
Proverbs 23:21,32