38 Bible Verses about bugs

And they have pointed tails like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to give men wounds for five months.

Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.

Whatever goes on its stomach or on four feet or has a great number of feet, even all those going flat on the earth, may not be used for food, for they are disgusting.

He gave the word, and there came the dog-fly, and insects over all the land.

And the Lord did so; and great clouds of flies came into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants' houses, and all the land of Egypt was made waste because of the flies.

Every winged four-footed thing which goes on the earth is disgusting to you;

For if you do not let my people go, see, I will send clouds of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into their houses; and the houses of the Egyptians and the land where they are will be full of flies.

All your trees and the fruit of your land will be the locust's.

And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

And on your account I will keep back the locusts from wasting the fruits of your land; and the fruit of your vine will not be dropped on the field before its time, says the Lord of armies

Every winged thing which goes flat on the earth is unclean to you and may not be used as food.

You may take the lizard in your hands, but it is in kings' houses.

And orders were given them not to put them to death, but to give them great pain for five months: and their pain was as the pain from the wound of a scorpion.

The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer;

Such as all the different sorts of locust.

And the forms of the locusts were like horses made ready for war; and on their heads they had crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

Where their worm is ever living and the fire is not put out.

And they had breastplates like iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of carriages, like an army of horses rushing to the fight.

And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:

And from the smoke locusts came out on the earth; and power was given them, like the power of scorpions.

And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.

And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.

He sent different sorts of flies among them, poisoning their flesh; and frogs for their destruction.

And the Lord God made a vine come up over Jonah to give him shade over his head. And Jonah was very glad because of the vine.

There we saw those great men, the sons of Anak, offspring of the Nephilim: and we seemed to ourselves no more than insects, and so we seemed to them.

But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.

But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits.

The word of the Lord which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

I will send hornets before you, driving out the Hivite and the Canaanite and the Hittite before your face.

But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.

Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.

After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.

You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

And the Lord did as Moses said, and took away the cloud of flies from Pharaoh and from his servants and from his people; not one was to be seen.

And Moses' rod was stretched out over the land of Egypt, and the Lord sent an east wind over the land all that day and all the night; and in the morning the locusts came up with the east wind.

By these you will be made unclean; anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean till evening: