Jeremiah 8:17

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See, I am sending venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you, declares the LORD.

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  • Deut 32:24 : 24 Wasted by famine, consumed by burning heat and bitter destruction, I will send against them the teeth of wild animals and the venom of creatures that crawl in the dust.
  • Ps 58:4-5 : 4 Even from birth, the wicked are estranged; from the womb, they go astray, speaking lies. 5 Their venom is like the venom of a serpent, like that of a deaf cobra that stops its ears.
  • Eccl 10:11 : 11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
  • Num 21:6 : 6 Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died.
  • Isa 14:29 : 29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistia, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the root of the serpent will emerge a viper, and its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent.
  • Amos 5:19 : 19 It will be as if a man flees from a lion, only to be met by a bear; or as if he enters his house, rests his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him.
  • Amos 9:3 : 3 'If they hide themselves on the top of Mount Carmel, from there I will search them out and seize them. If they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.'
  • Rev 9:19 : 19 For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; their tails were like snakes with heads, and they used them to harm.

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  • Deut 32:24
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    24Wasted by famine, consumed by burning heat and bitter destruction, I will send against them the teeth of wild animals and the venom of creatures that crawl in the dust.

  • Amos 9:3-4
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    3'If they hide themselves on the top of Mount Carmel, from there I will search them out and seize them. If they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.'

    4'If they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.'

  • Num 21:6
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    6Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died.

  • Isa 14:29
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    29Do not rejoice, all you Philistia, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the root of the serpent will emerge a viper, and its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent.

  • Jer 8:16
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    16The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan; the neighing of their mighty stallions causes the whole land to tremble. They come and devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who live there.

  • Isa 11:8
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    8The nursing child will play near the cobra’s hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.

  • Ezek 5:17
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    17I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will bereave you. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.

  • Rev 9:19
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    19For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; their tails were like snakes with heads, and they used them to harm.

  • Nah 3:15
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    15There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down. It will consume you like the young locusts. Multiply yourselves like locusts; increase yourselves like swarming locusts.

  • Jer 46:22
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    22Her voice will hiss like a serpent as they advance in force; with axes they come against her, like those who cut down trees.

  • Gen 49:17
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    17Dan will be a serpent by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse's heels so that its rider falls backward.

  • Job 20:16
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    16He will suck the venom of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.

  • Jer 29:17-18
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    17this is what the LORD of Armies says: 'I am about to send against them the sword, famine, and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.'

    18I will pursue them with sword, famine, and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse and an object of astonishment, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I have banished them.

  • Prov 23:32
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    32In the end, it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.

  • Eccl 10:11
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    11If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

  • Lev 26:22
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    22I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.

  • Matt 23:33
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    33You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell?

  • Deut 7:20
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    20Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left and hiding from you perish.

  • Ps 58:4
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    4Even from birth, the wicked are estranged; from the womb, they go astray, speaking lies.

  • Jer 15:3
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    3I will appoint over them four kinds of punishment, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth to devour and destroy.

  • Nah 2:13
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    13The lion tears apart prey to feed its cubs and strangles it for its lionesses. He fills his dens with prey and his lairs with torn flesh.

  • Jer 8:18
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    18My grief is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

  • Jer 21:6
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    6I will strike the inhabitants of this city—both man and beast—with a great plague, and they will die.

  • Jer 24:10
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    10I will send the sword, famine, and pestilence against them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.

  • Num 21:8
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    8The LORD said to Moses, 'Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole. Anyone who is bitten and looks at it will live.'

  • Jer 10:22
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    22Listen! The sound of a report is coming—a great commotion from the northern land to make the cities of Judah desolate, a dwelling place for jackals.

  • Hab 2:7
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    7Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will not those who make you tremble wake up? Then you will become their plunder.

  • Amos 5:19
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    19It will be as if a man flees from a lion, only to be met by a bear; or as if he enters his house, rests his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him.

  • Jer 19:8
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    8I will make this city desolate and an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.

  • Isa 59:5
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    5They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin spider webs. Whoever eats their eggs dies, and when one is crushed, a viper hatches.

  • Eccl 10:8
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    8Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

  • Amos 4:10
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    10I sent plagues among you like those in Egypt. I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. The stench of your camps rose into your nostrils, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD.

  • Mic 7:17
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    17They will lick the dust like snakes, like creatures that crawl on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds; they will dread the LORD our God and stand in awe of You.

  • Jer 27:8
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    8But any nation or kingdom that will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or place its neck under his yoke—I will punish that nation with sword, famine, and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand.

  • Jer 9:15
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    15'I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have finished them off.'

  • 2 Kgs 22:16
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    16‘Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am bringing disaster on this place and on its inhabitants—all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read—’

  • 2 Chr 29:8
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    8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of horror, devastation, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

  • Gen 3:14
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    14So the LORD God said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals. You will crawl on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life.'

  • Jer 9:9
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    9I will raise weeping and wailing for the mountains and a dirge for the pastures in the wilderness, because they are burned up and desolate; no one passes through, and cattle cannot be heard anymore—birds of the sky and animals alike have fled and are gone.

  • Deut 28:21
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    21The LORD will cause pestilence to cling to you until He has consumed you from the land that you are entering to possess.

  • Deut 32:33
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    33Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.

  • Isa 27:1
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    1On that day, the LORD will punish with his fierce, great, and strong sword Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, Leviathan, the twisting serpent, and he will kill the sea monster that is in the sea.

  • Deut 28:35
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    35The LORD will strike you with painful and incurable boils on your knees and legs, and from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

  • Ps 140:3
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    3They devise wicked schemes in their hearts and stir up conflicts all day long.

  • Exod 23:28
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    28I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive out the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites from your path.

  • Mic 3:5
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    5This is what the LORD says: "As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim peace when they have something to eat but prepare for war against those who do not feed them.