A reptile, often associated with cunning and danger, or occasionally with satanic temptation.

Genesis 3:14

Snakes as crawling reptiles

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Isaiah 65:25
Micah 7:17
Genesis 49:17

Snakes are dangerous

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Both to animals and human beings

Genesis 3:15
Exodus 4:3; 7:9-13
Proverbs 23:32
Ecclesiastes 10:8,11
Isaiah 30:6
Acts 28:3-6
Isaiah 14:29

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Some are poisonous

Deuteronomy 8:15; 32:33
Job 20:14,16
Revelation 9:19
1 Corinthians 10:9

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They were sometimes used to bring God's judgment

Numbers 21:4-6
Amos 5:19; 9:3
Psalms 91:13

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They may be overcome

Mark 16:18
Luke 10:19
Isaiah 11:8

One day they will be rendered harmless

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Snakes used symbolically

Isaiah 27:1

Of Israel's enemies

Jeremiah 46:22; 51:34
Matthew 10:16

Of cunning and intelligence

Matthew 7:9-10

Of something harmful

Psalms 58:4-5

pp Lk 11:11

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Of the ungodly

Psalms 140:3
Matthew 3:7; 12:34; 23:33
Romans 3:13
Revelation 12:9

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Of Satan

Genesis 3:1-13
2 Corinthians 11:3
Revelation 20:2
John 3:14-15

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Of salvation

Numbers 21:7-9
2 Kings 18:4

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