Topic
Asp, or Adder
12 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 49:17Torrey Dangerous to travellers
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
- Deuteronomy 32:33Torrey (Venom of), of injurious effects of wine
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
- Job 20:14Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Venomous
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
- Job 20:16Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Venomous
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
- Psalms 58:4Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of obstinate rejecters of God's Word
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
- Psalms 58:5Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Not to be charmed
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
- Psalms 91:13Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the enemies of God's people
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
- Psalms 140:3Torrey (Venom of), of the speech of the wicked
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
- Proverbs 23:32Torrey (Venom of), of injurious effects of wine
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- Isaiah 11:8Torrey (Deprived of its venom), of the effects of conversion
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
- Isaiah 11:9Torrey (Deprived of its venom), of the effects of conversion
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
- Romans 3:13Torrey (Venom of), of the speech of the wicked
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 13 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.