Acts 28:5
However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.
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- Mark 16:18 : 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.”
- Luke 10:19 : 19 Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.
- John 3:14-15 : 14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
- Rom 16:20 : 20 The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
- Rev 9:3-4 : 3 Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their forehead.
- Num 21:6-9 : 6 So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died. 7 Then the people came to Moses and said,“We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD that he would take away the snakes from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8 The LORD said to Moses,“Make a poisonous snake and set it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole, so that if a snake had bitten someone, when he looked at the bronze snake he lived.
- Ps 91:13 : 13 You will subdue a lion and a snake; you will trample underfoot a young lion and a serpent.
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- Acts 28:1-44 verses84%
1 Paul on Malta After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
2 The local inhabitants showed us extraordinary kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain and was cold.
3 When Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.
4 When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another,“No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!”
- Acts 28:6-94 verses79%
6 But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
7 Now in the region around that place were fields belonging to the chief official of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably as guests for three days.
8 The father of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and after praying, placed his hands on him and healed him.
9 After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.
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19 Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.
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27 Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically unharmed by the fire. The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them!
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51 So after they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them, they went to Iconium.
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17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!
- Dan 6:22-232 verses67%
22 My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king.”
23 Then the king was delighted and gave an order to haul Daniel up from the den. So Daniel was hauled up out of the den. He had no injury of any kind, because he had trusted in his God.
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18 When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
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18 they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.”
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16 Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.
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4 For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
- Acts 27:43-442 verses66%
43 But the centurion, wanting to save Paul’s life, prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,
44 and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.
- Acts 22:22-232 verses66%
22 The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”
23 While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,
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5 If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and completely consumes their enemies. If anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way.
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21 They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.
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16 He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.
- Acts 14:9-102 verses65%
9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,
10 he said with a loud voice,“Stand upright on your feet.” And the man leaped up and began walking.
- Acts 27:25-262 verses65%
25 Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told.
26 But we must run aground on some island.”
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6 When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them,“Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!”
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13 For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?
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35 But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!” Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.
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22 It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.
- Acts 16:28-292 verses64%
28 But Paul called out loudly,“Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”
29 Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.
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5 The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person.
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19 Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.
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32 He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
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11 The Seven Sons of Sceva God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands,
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19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.
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31 and as they were leaving they said to one another,“This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”
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41 But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.
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34 quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,
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28 Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones become like chaff to it.
- Acts 27:21-222 verses64%
21 Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said,“Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss.
22 And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.
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3 The LORD said,“Throw it to the ground.” So he threw it to the ground, and it became a snake, and Moses ran from it.
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28 and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation– a sign which is from God.
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21 After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.
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11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.