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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