5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
Isaiah 59:5
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Revelation 11:4–6
4 These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed. 6 These wit…
Job 39:29–30
29 From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar. 30 His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
Job 39:13–15
13 The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork. 14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand. 15 She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
Deuteronomy 32:32–34
32 But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter. 33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras. 34 “Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
Revelation 9:9–11
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Baruch 6:19–21
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Job 20:15–17
15 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach. 16 He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him. 17 He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
Psalms 58:3–5
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth. 4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears, 5 refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
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