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Want to know what the Bible says about Snakes? Here are 140 Bible verses about Snakes from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Matthew 23:33 NIV
“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
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Acts 28:3 NIV
Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand.
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Numbers 21:6 NIV
Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.
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Genesis 3:14 NIV
So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
“Cursed are you above all livestock
    and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
    and you will eat dust
    all the days of your life.
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Matthew 3:7 NIV
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
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1 Corinthians 10:9 NIV
We should not test Christ, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.
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2 Corinthians 2:11 NIV
in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
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Isaiah 30:6 NIV
A prophecy concerning the animals of the Negev:
Through a land of hardship and distress,
    of lions and lionesses,
    of adders and darting snakes,
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’ backs,
    their treasures on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,
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Revelation 12:9 NIV
The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
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Deuteronomy 8:15 NIV
He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.
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