Job 20:16
He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.
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- Deut 32:24 : 24 They will be starved by famine, eaten by plague, and bitterly stung; I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.
- Isa 30:6 : 6 This is an oracle about the animals in the Negev: Through a land of distress and danger, inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions, by snakes and darting adders, they transport their wealth on the backs of donkeys, their riches on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot help them.
- Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them,“You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- Acts 28:3-6 : 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!” 5 However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm. 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.
- Rom 3:13 : 13 “Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”
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11 His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.
12 “If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,
13 if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,
14 his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.
15 The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.
- Job 20:17-182 verses80%
17 He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter.
18 He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.
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8 A baby will play over the hole of a snake; over the nest of a serpent an infant will put his hand.
- Rom 3:13-142 verses75%
13 “Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
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32 Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.
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3 Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips.(Selah)
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33 Their wine is snakes’ poison, the deadly venom of cobras.
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4 Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,
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11 If the snake should bite before it is charmed, the snake charmer is in trouble.
- Job 20:20-267 verses73%
20 For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.
21 “Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last.
22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. The full force of misery will come upon him.
23 “While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.
24 If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.
25 When he pulls it out and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver, terrors come over him.
26 Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
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17 The LORD says,“Yes indeed, I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. And they will inflict fatal wounds on you.”
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24 They will be starved by famine, eaten by plague, and bitterly stung; I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.
- Job 18:12-143 verses72%
12 Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side.
13 It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs.
14 He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors.
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30 He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.
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20 Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.
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5 They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snake and spin a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, a poisonous snake is hatched.
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7 His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.
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9 A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him.
10 A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.
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8 Wisdom is Needed to Avert Dangers in Everyday Life One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
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8 But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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8 Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,
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8 you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.
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16 Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.
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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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22 It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.
23 It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place.
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17 May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.
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3 The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.
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29 Don’t be so happy, all you Philistines, just because the club that beat you has been broken! For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root, and its fruit will be a darting adder.
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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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13 his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.
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7 Your creditors will suddenly attack; those who terrify you will spring into action, and they will rob you.
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21 You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes.
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18 He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.
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15 There the fire will consume you; the sword will cut you down; it will devour you like the young locust would.The Assyrian Defenders Will Flee Multiply yourself like the young locust; multiply yourself like the flying locust!