27 Bible Verses about Serpents

The people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD, and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us." Moses prayed for the people.

Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Sea of Suf, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. The people spoke against God, and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread." The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died. read more.
The people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD, and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us." Moses prayed for the people. The LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live." Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the standard: and it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived.

Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

The great dragon was thrown down, the ancient serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; like a deaf viper that stops its ear,

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of hell?

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

He said therefore to the crowds who went out to be baptized by him, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.

The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

Neither let us test the Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to the LORD our God, and will be afraid because of you.

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain," says the LORD.

"When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle.' then you shall tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.'"

He said, "Throw it on the ground." He threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses ran away from it.

Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.

In the end, it bites like a serpent, and poisons like a viper.

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; like a deaf viper that stops its ear,

They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.

For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you," says the LORD.

Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent's root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"

"Look, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Look, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will in any way hurt you.

they will pick up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them;[note: see Wallace, Exegetical Syntax, 403?6, whether promise or prediction] they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

In that day, the LORD with his fierce and great and mighty sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.

He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a serpent.

who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;

The LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live." Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the standard: and it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived.

Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of hell?

Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."

The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

Or if he will ask for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.

They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.

As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

For all kinds of animals, and birds, of reptiles and sea creatures, are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind.

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of hell?

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; like a deaf viper that stops its ear,

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of hell?

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; like a deaf viper that stops its ear,

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of hell?