Asp in the Bible
A venomous serpent
- Deuteronomy 32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
- Job 20:14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
- Job 20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
- Isaiah 11:8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
- Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Venom of, illustrates the speech of the wicked
- Psalm 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
- Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
⇒See also McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia for Asp.
Injurious effects of wine
- Deuteronomy 32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
- Proverbs 23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Deprived of venom, illustrates conversion
- Isaiah 11:8-9 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
