Bible verses about "snakes" | Mace

¹¹ witness) lest satan should have got some advantage of us: for we are apprized of his artifices.

¹⁴ but as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up:

³ when Paul having taken up some brush-wood and laid it upon the fire, a viper started out from the heat, and seiz'd upon his hand. ⁴ the barbarians seeing the venomous creature hang fast to his hand, said to one another, this man is a murderer, no doubt; for, escaped from the wreck, the divine justice still pursues him to death. ⁵ but Paul shook off the animal into the fire without having receiv'd any hurt.

¹⁹ I have authoriz'd you to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and triumph over all the power of the enemy; so that nothing shall be capable of doing you any mischief.

¹⁶ By your mission you will be expos'd like sheep in the midst of wolves: be then as circumspect as serpents, and as inoffensive as doves:

¹⁸ they shall handle serpents, and if they drink any mortal poison, it shall do them no hurt: they shall lay hands on the sick, and the sick shall recover.