Bible verses about "snakes" | Lamsa

¹¹ Lest Satan might take advantage of us: for we know his devices.

¹⁴ Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of man is ready to be lifted up;

³ And Paul picked up a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire and a scorpion driven by the heat, came out and bit his hand. ⁴ And when the barbarians saw it hanging from his hand, they said, It may be that this man is a murderer, whom though he has been rescued from the sea, yet justice does not permit him to live. ⁵ But Paul shook his hand and threw the viper into the fire, and felt no harm.

¹⁹ Behold, I give you power, to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall harm you.

¹⁶ Behold, I am sending you like lambs among the wolves; therefore be wise as serpents, and pure as doves.

¹⁸ And they will pick up snakes; and if they should drink any poison of death, it will not harm them; and they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.