Serpents: Often Sent As a Punishment

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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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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 on them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
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1 Corinthians 10:9
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
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Library

The Poison and the Antidote
... 'The Lord sent fiery serpents.' That statement ... Scripture traces natural phenomena
directly to God's will, and often overleaps intervening material links ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the poison and the antidote.htm

Gifts no Certain Evidence of Grace.
... I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions ... Princes who know him not, are
often instrumental in ... will be denied of the eternal Judge, and sent away into ...
/.../lee/sermons on various important subjects/sermon xiv gifts no certain.htm

The King's Farewell
... to call men serpents and the children of serpents, but it ... The misery is that often
the generation which has to ... way in which Christ assumes that He sent all the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the kings farewell.htm

"Woe unto You, Because Ye Build the Tombs of the Prophets, and ...
... Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, that is, wicked sons of wicked men ... 2716] the
prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxiv woe unto you.htm

On the Holy Ghost and his Descent Upon the Apostles
... away instantly their rods and put real serpents in their ... That night God sent an angel
through all the land ... it, even though He loves them and may often have done ...
/.../kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 9 on the holy.htm

Against those who Think that what is Just is not Good.
... wild beasts upon them, with the rage of serpents creeping on ... in the way that some
think; but often restrains, and ... world also may believe that Thou hast sent Me ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter viii against those who think.htm

From Kadesh to the Death of Moses.
... found at Kadesh (Num.20:11) on the borders of Edom where the spies had been sent
out and ... (5) Early hardships often fit us ... (6) The fiery serpents and serpent of ...
/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter vii from kadesh to.htm

Mission Tours.
... the boat, I saw at least a dozen of serpents at their ... We always halted on the Lord's
Day, and often on other ... Reaching it on a Saturday we sent on a small tent ...
/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter xiv mission tours.htm

Ninth Sunday after Trinity Carnal Security and Its vices.
... merit of their devotion, as Moses often hinted, did ... made trial, and perished by the
serpents." This, too ... Thereupon God sent among them fiery serpents and they ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/ninth sunday after trinity carnal.htm

The Saviour Lifted Up, and the Look of Faith.
... is Christ, a remedy appointed of God, sent down from ... put their faith to the test,
and often adapted His ... Fiery serpents came among them and many were poisoned ...
/.../finney/sermons on gospel themes/iv the saviour lifted up.htm

Subtopics

Serpents

Serpents were often Enchanted or Fascinated

Serpents: (Poisonous Bite of) Baneful Effects of Wine

Serpents: (Sharp Tongue of) Malice of the Wicked

Serpents: All Kinds of, Can be Tamed

Serpents: Called Crooked

Serpents: Characterised As Subtle

Serpents: Created by God

Serpents: Cursed Above all Creatures

Serpents: Dangerous to Travellers

Serpents: Doomed to Creep on Their Belly