Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Serpent’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Serpent’ occurs 51 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 3:1 However, the serpent was more crafty than any of the creatures of the earth that the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Why has God instructed you, that you should not eat from every tree of Paradise?”Genesis 3:1
Genesis 3:4 Then the serpent said to the woman: “By no means will you die a death.Genesis 3:4
Genesis 3:13 And the Lord God said to the woman, “Why have you done this?” And she responded, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”Genesis 3:13
Genesis 3:14 And the Lord God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, you are cursed among all living things, even the wild beasts of the earth. Upon your breast shall you travel, and the ground shall you eat, all the days of your life.Genesis 3:14
Number of the word / term Serpent in Genesis: 4
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 7:12 And each one cast down their staffs, and they were turned into serpents. But the staff of Aaron devoured their staffs.Exodus 7:12
Exodus 7:15 Go to him in the morning; behold, he will go out to the waters. And you will stand to meet him above the bank of the river. And you will take, in your hand, the staff that was turned into a serpent.Exodus 7:15
Number of the word / term Serpent in Exodus: 2
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 21:6 For this reason, the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, which wounded or killed many of them.Numbers 21:6
Numbers 21:7 And so they went to Moses, and they said: “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray, so that he may take away these serpents from us.” And Moses prayed for the people.Numbers 21:7
Numbers 21:8 And the Lord said to him: “Make a bronze serpent, and place it as a sign. Whoever, having been struck, gazes upon it, shall live.”Numbers 21:8
Numbers 21:9 Therefore, Moses made a bronze serpent, and he placed it as a sign. When those who had been struck gazed upon it, they were healed.Numbers 21:9
Number of the word / term Serpent in Numbers: 4
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 8:15 and who was your leader in the great and terrible wilderness, in which there was the serpent with a burning breath, and the scorpion, and the snake of thirst, and no waters at all. He led streams out of the hardest rock,Deuteronomy 8:15
Deuteronomy 32:24 They will be consumed by famine, and birds with a very bitter bite will devour them. I will send forth the teeth of wild beasts among them, along with the fury of creatures that scurry across the ground, and of serpents.Deuteronomy 32:24
Number of the word / term Serpent in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 1:9 Then Adonijah, having immolated rams and calves and every kind of fat cattle beside the Stone of the Serpent, which was in the vicinity of the fountain Rogel, summoned all his brothers, the sons of the king, and all the men of Judah, the servants of the king.1 Kings 1:9
Number of the word / term Serpent in 1 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 18:4 He destroyed the high places, and he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he broke apart the bronze serpent, which Moses had made. For even until that time, the sons of Israel were burning incense to it. And he called its name Nehushtan.2 Kings 18:4
Number of the word / term Serpent in 2 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Job
Job 26:13 His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent.Job 26:13
Number of the word / term Serpent in Job: 1
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 58:4 Their fury is similar to that of a serpent; it is like a deaf asp, who even blocks her ears,Psalm 58:4
Psalm 74:13 In your virtue, you confirmed the sea. You crushed the heads of the serpents in the waters.Psalm 74:13
Psalm 74:14 You have broken the heads of the serpent. You have given him as food for the people of the Ethiopians.Psalm 74:14
Psalm 91:13 You will walk over the asp and the king serpent, and you will trample the lion and the dragon.Psalm 91:13
Psalm 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. The venom of asps is under their lips.Psalm 140:3
Psalm 148:10 wild beasts and all cattle, serpents and feathered flying things,Psalm 148:10
Number of the word / term Serpent in Psalm: 6
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 30:19 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man in adolescence.Proverbs 30:19
Number of the word / term Serpent in Proverbs: 1
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 13:21 Instead, the wild beasts will rest there, and their houses will be filled with serpents, and ostriches will live there, and the hairy ones will leap about there.Isaiah 13:21
Isaiah 14:29 You should not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod of him who struck you has been crushed. For from the root of the serpent will go forth a king snake, and his offspring will engulf that which flies.Isaiah 14:29
Isaiah 27:1 In that day, the Lord will visit, with his harsh and great and strong sword, against Leviathan, the barred serpent, and against Leviathan, the twisted serpent, and he will slay the whale that is in the sea.Isaiah 27:1
Isaiah 34:13 And thorns and nettles will rise up in its houses, and the thistle in its fortified places. And it will be the lair of serpents and the pasture of ostriches.Isaiah 34:13
Isaiah 35:7 And the land that was dry will have a pond, and the thirsty land will have fountains of water. In the hollows where the serpents lived before, there will rise up the greenery of reed and bulrush.Isaiah 35:7
Isaiah 43:20 The wild beasts of the field will glorify me, with the serpents and the ostriches. For I have brought waters to the desert, rivers to inaccessible places, in order to give drink to my people, to my elect.Isaiah 43:20
Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb will pasture together. The lion and the ox will eat hay. And dust will be the food of the serpent. They will not harm, and they will not kill, on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.Isaiah 65:25
Number of the word / term Serpent in Isaiah: 7
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 8:17 For behold, I will send among you serpents, king snakes, against which there is no charm, and they will bite you, says the Lord.Jeremiah 8:17
Jeremiah 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem into piles of sand and into a lair for serpents. And I will make the cities of Judah desolate, so much so that there will be no inhabitant.Jeremiah 9:11
Jeremiah 10:22 Behold, the sound of a voice approaches, a great commotion from the land of the north: so that he may make the cities of Judah into a wilderness and into a dwelling place for serpents.Jeremiah 10:22
Jeremiah 49:33 And Hazor will be a habitation for serpents, deserted even unto eternity. No man will abide there, nor will a son of man tend it.”Jeremiah 49:33
Number of the word / term Serpent in Jeremiah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Amos
Amos 9:3 And if they were hiding at the top of Carmel, when searching there, I would steal them away, and if they conceal themselves from my eyes in the depths of the sea, I will command the serpent there and he will bite them.Amos 9:3
Number of the word / term Serpent in Amos: 1
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Micah
Micah 7:17 They will lick the dust like serpents, and, like the creeping things of the earth, they will be disturbed in their houses. They will dread the Lord our God, and they will fear you.Micah 7:17
Number of the word / term Serpent in Micah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Malachi
Malachi 1:3 but held hatred for Esau? And I have set his mountains in solitude, and his inheritance with the serpents of the desert.Malachi 1:3
Number of the word / term Serpent in Malachi: 1
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be as prudent as serpents and as simple as doves.Matthew 10:16
Matthew 23:33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How will you escape from the judgment of Hell?Matthew 23:33
Number of the word / term Serpent in Matthew: 2
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Mark
Mark 16:18 They will take up serpents, and, if they drink anything deadly, it will not harm them. They shall lay their hands upon the sick, and they will be well.”Mark 16:18
Number of the word / term Serpent in Mark: 1
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Luke
Luke 10:19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and upon all the powers of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.Luke 10:19
Luke 11:11 So then, who among you, if he asks his father for bread, he would give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he would give him a serpent, instead of a fish?Luke 11:11
Number of the word / term Serpent in Luke: 2
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book John
John 3:14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so also must the Son of man be lifted up,John 3:14
Number of the word / term Serpent in John: 1
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Romans
Romans 1:23 And they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of four-legged beasts, and of serpents.Romans 1:23
Number of the word / term Serpent in Romans: 1
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 10:9 And let us not tempt Christ, as some of them tempted, and so they perished by serpents.1 Corinthians 10:9
Number of the word / term Serpent in 1 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 11:3 But I am afraid lest, as the serpent led astray Eve by his cleverness, so your minds might be corrupted and might fall away from the simplicity which is in Christ.2 Corinthians 11:3
Number of the word / term Serpent in 2 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book James
James 3:7 For the nature of all beasts and birds and serpents and others is ruled over, and has been ruled over, by human nature.James 3:7
Number of the word / term Serpent in James: 1
Bible passages with ‘Serpent’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 9:19 For the power of these horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails resemble serpents, having heads; and it is with these that they cause harm.Revelation 9:19
Revelation 12:9 And he was thrown out, that great dragon, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduces the whole world. And he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.Revelation 12:9
Revelation 12:14 And the two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly away, into the desert, to her place, where she is being nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.Revelation 12:14
Revelation 12:15 And the serpent sent out from his mouth, after the woman, water like a river, so that he might cause her to be carried away by the river.Revelation 12:15
Revelation 20:2 And he apprehended the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and he bound him for a thousand years.Revelation 20:2
Number of the word / term ‘Serpent’ in Revelation: 5
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 51
