Topic
Serpents
38 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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 3:1Torrey Characterised as subtle
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
- Genesis 3:14Torrey Cursed above all creatures
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
- Genesis 3:15Torrey Man's aversion and hatred to
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
- 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.
- Exodus 4:3Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Moses' rod turned into
And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
- Exodus 7:9Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Moses' rod turned into
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
- Exodus 7:15Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Moses' rod turned into
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
- Numbers 21:6Torrey Often sent as a punishment
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Numbers 21:8Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Israelites cured by looking at one of brass
And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
- Numbers 21:9Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Israelites cured by looking at one of brass
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
- Deuteronomy 8:15Torrey INFEST — Deserts
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
- Deuteronomy 32:24Torrey Many kinds of poisonous
They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
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- Job 26:13 Torrey Created by God
- Psalms 58:4 Torrey Many kinds of poisonous
- Psalms 140:3 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Sharp tongue of,) of malice of the wicked
- Proverbs 23:21 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Poisonous bite of,) of baneful effects of wine
- Proverbs 23:32 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Poisonous bite of,) of baneful effects of wine
- Ecclesiastes 10:8 Torrey INFEST — Hedges
- Ecclesiastes 10:11 Torrey Were often enchanted or fascinated
- Isaiah 14:29 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of enemies who harass and destroy
- Isaiah 27:1 Torrey Called crooked
- Isaiah 59:5 Torrey Produced from eggs
- Isaiah 65:25 Torrey Doomed to eat their food mingled with dust
- Jeremiah 8:17 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of enemies who harass and destroy
- Amos 5:19 Torrey INFEST — Holes in walls
- Micah 7:17 Torrey Doomed to eat their food mingled with dust
- Matthew 7:10 Torrey Unclean and unfit for food
- Matthew 10:16 Torrey Characterised as subtle
- Matthew 23:33 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of hypocrites
- Mark 16:18 Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Power over, given to the disciples
- Luke 10:19 Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Power over, given to the disciples
- John 3:14 Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Israelites cured by looking at one of brass
- John 3:15 Torrey MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH — Israelites cured by looking at one of brass
- 1 Corinthians 10:9 Torrey Often sent as a punishment
- 2 Corinthians 11:3 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the devil
- James 3:7 Torrey All kinds of, can be tamed
- Revelation 12:9 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the devil
- Revelation 20:2 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the devil
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 44 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Created by God Job 26:13
- Characterised as subtle Ge 3:1; Mt 10:16
- Called crooked Job 26:13; Isa 27:1
- Unclean and unfit for food Mt 7:10
- INFEST
- Produced from eggs Isa 59:5
- Cursed above all creatures Ge 3:14
- Doomed to creep on their belly Ge 3:14
- Doomed to eat their food mingled with dust Ge 3:14; Isa 65:25; Mic 7:17
- Many kinds of poisonous De 32:24; Ps 58:4
- All kinds of, can be tamed Jas 3:7
- Were often enchanted or fascinated Ec 10:11
- Dangerous to travellers Ge 49:17
- Man's aversion and hatred to Ge 3:15
- Often sent as a punishment Nu 21:6; De 32:24; 1Co 10:9
- MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
- ILLUSTRATIVE
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.