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Serpents

 

Serpents

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

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