Job 20:16

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He will suck the venom of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.

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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.
  • Isa 30:6 : 6 An oracle concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lions, lionesses, adders, and flying serpents, they carry their wealth on donkeys’ backs and their treasures on the humps of camels to a people who will not help them.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, 'You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
  • Acts 28:3-6 : 3 When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and placed them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, latched onto his hand. 4 When the locals saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "Surely this man is a murderer! Although he escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live." 5 But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no harm. 6 The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
  • Rom 3:13 : 13 "Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The venom of vipers is under their lips."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 20:11-15
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    11The youthful vigor that filled his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

    12Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

    13though he cherishes it and does not let it go, but keeps it in the midst of his mouth,

    14yet his food in his stomach is turned to the venom of cobras within him.

    15He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God drives it out of his stomach.

  • Job 20:17-18
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    17He will not see the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and butter.

    18He will give back the fruit of his labor but will not swallow it; like the wealth of his trade, he will not enjoy it.

  • 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.

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    13"Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The venom of vipers is under their lips."

    14Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Job 20:20-26
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    20Because he knew no peace in his heart, he will not retain any of his treasures.

    21Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last.

    22In the fullness of his plenty, he will be distressed; the hand of all who toil will come upon him.

    23When he is about to fill his stomach, God will unleash his burning anger against him and rain it upon him while he eats.

    24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will pierce him.

    25It is drawn out and comes forth from his body; the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder; terrors come over him.

    26Total darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not kindled by man will consume him and devour what remains in his tent.

  • Jer 8:17
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    17See, I am sending venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you, declares the LORD.

  • 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.

  • Job 18:12-14
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    12Hunger consumes his strength, and calamity is ready at his side.

    13It devours parts of his skin; death's firstborn consumes his limbs.

    14He is uprooted from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.

  • Job 15:30
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    30He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his branch, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.

  • Job 21:20
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    20Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink from the wrath of the Almighty.

  • 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.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

  • Job 18:9-10
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    9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him tight.

    10His rope lies hidden in the ground, and his trap is set along the path.

  • 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.

  • Jas 3:8
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    8but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

  • Ps 64:8
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    8But God will shoot them with an arrow; suddenly, they will be struck down.

  • Prov 23:8
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    8You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

  • Job 18:16
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    16His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

  • Mark 16:18
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    18They will pick up serpents with their hands, and if they drink anything deadly, it will not harm them. They will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.

  • Job 27:22-23
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    22It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power.

    23It claps its hands at him and hisses at him as he is driven away from his place.

  • 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.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Job 16:13
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    13His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground.

  • 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.

  • Job 5:21
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    21You will be protected from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear destruction when it comes.

  • Ps 109:18
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    18He clothed himself with cursing as with his garment; it seeped into his body like water, into his bones like oil.

  • 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.