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Serpents

 

Serpents

Created by God - Job 26:13

Characterised as subtle - Ge 3:1; Mt 10:16

Called crooked - Job 26:13; Isa 27:1

Unclean and unfit for food - Mt 7:10

INFEST

• Hedges
- Ec 10:8
• Holes in walls
- Am 5:19
• Deserts
- De 8:15

Produced from eggs - Isa 59:5

Cursed above all creatures - Ge 3:14

Doomed to creep on their belly - Ge 3:14

Doomed to eat their food mingled with dust - Ge 3:14; Isa 65:25; Mic 7:17

Many kinds of poisonous - De 32:24; Ps 58:4

All kinds of, can be tamed - Jas 3:7

Were often enchanted or fascinated - Ec 10:11

Dangerous to travellers - Ge 49:17

Man's aversion and hatred to - Ge 3:15

Often sent as a punishment - Nu 21:6; De 32:24; 1Co 10:9

MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH

• Moses' rod turned into
- Ex 4:3; 7:9,15
• Israelites cured by looking at one of brass
- Nu 21:8,9; Joh 3:14,15
• Power over, given to the disciples
- Mr 16:18; Lu 10:19

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of the devil
- Ge 3:1; 2Co 11:3; Re 12:9; 20:2
• Of hypocrites
- Mt 23:33
• Of the tribe of Dan
- Ge 49:17
• Of enemies who harass and destroy
- Isa 14:29; Jer 8:17
• (Sharp tongue of,) of malice of the wicked
- Ps 140:3
• (Poisonous bite of,) of baneful effects of wine
- Pr 23:21,32
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