A substance obtained from plants or animals that can cause illness, pain, disability or death. It is often used symbolically to refer to distress or bitterness.

Exodus 15:23

Kinds of poison

Deuteronomy 32:32

Poison from plants, water or food

2 Kings 2:19-22; 4:39-40
Hosea 10:4
Numbers 21:6
Deuteronomy 32:24,33

Poison from animals or reptiles

Poison used symbolically

Job 6:4

To refer to distress

Jeremiah 8:14; 9:15; 23:15

In these incidences God himself is portrayed as the one who brings such bitter experiences:

Job 20:12-16

See also

To refer to evil and its effects

Deuteronomy 29:18; 32:32-33
Psalms 58:4
Proverbs 23:32
Isaiah 14:29
Jeremiah 8:17
Amos 6:12
Acts 14:2
Romans 3:13
Psalms 140:1-3
James 3:8
Revelation 9:5

See also

4687 snake
5799 bitterness
8734 evil
9210 judgment, God's