Dictionary of Bible Themes A wide variety of insects are mentioned in Scripture. Some are useful in the provision of food, while others are viciously destructive. Their behaviour is used figuratively in the poetic and prophetic literature. Leviticus 11:20-23Regulations concerning insects as food See also Deuteronomy 14:19Proverbs 6:6 Kinds of insect See also The ant Proverbs 30:25Judges 14:8 See also The bee Deuteronomy 1:44Psalms 118:12 Isaiah 7:18 1 Samuel 24:14; 26:20 The flea Exodus 8:24See also The fly Exodus 8:21-22,29-31Psalms 78:45 Ecclesiastes 10:1 Isaiah 51:6 Exodus 8:16 Matthew 23:24 The gnat See also Exodus 8:17-18Psalms 105:31 Isaiah 40:22 See also The grasshopper Numbers 13:331 Kings 8:37 Psalms 105:34 Ecclesiastes 12:5 pp 2Ch 6:28 Nahum 3:15Exodus 23:28 Deuteronomy 7:20 The hornet Joshua 24:12Joel 2:25 Matthew 3:4 The locust See also Exodus 10:12-14pp Mk 1:6 Psalms 78:46Proverbs 30:27 Jeremiah 46:23 Job 13:28 Matthew 6:19-20 The moth See also Job 4:19; 27:18Psalms 39:11 Isaiah 50:9; 51:8 Hosea 5:12 Luke 12:33 James 5:2 Job 8:14 The spider Isaiah 59:5Although not strictly an insect the spider is most conveniently included under this category: See also 4404 food4675 nest 4693 wool 4843 plague |
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