Serpent
A creature carrying complex symbolism from Genesis to Revelation. The serpent in Eden was 'more crafty than any of the wild animals' and deceived Eve (Genesis 3:1-5). Revelation 12:9 identifies the ancient serpent as Satan. Yet God used a bronze serpent for healing (Numbers 21:8-9), and Jesus compared his crucifixion to this event: 'Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up' (John 3:14). The serpent thus represents both the curse of sin and its remedy. Psalm 91:13 promises believers will 'tread on the lion and the cobra.' Genesis 3:15 prophesied that the woman's seed would crush the serpent's head.
Verses about Serpent
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Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not…
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Genesis 3:2
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
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Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
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Genesis 3:14
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy b…
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Genesis 49:17
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
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Exodus 4:3
And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
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Exodus 7:9
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it s…
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Exodus 7:10
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his serva…
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Exodus 7:12
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
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Exodus 7:15
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which w…
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Numbers 21:6
And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
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Numbers 21:7
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take…
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Numbers 21:8
And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he lo…
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Numbers 21:9
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of b…
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Deuteronomy 8:15
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who broug…
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Deuteronomy 32:24
They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with th…
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2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those…
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Job 26:13
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
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Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;