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I. THE DEVICES OF THY. WICKED.

1. Like eggs — productive.

2. Like cockatrice' eggs — injurious.

3. Like spiders' webs — frail, useless.

II. THEIR EFFECT.

1. Upon others — mischief, death.

2. Upon themselves — disappointment, retribution.

(J. Lyth, D. D.)

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KJV: They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

WEB: They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.