Biology – The study of living organisms.
Serpents And Snails And Vipers Oh My!
If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence. (Will Cuppy)
As I began the process of researching, writing and putting together SURTSBiology, I realized that there were 59 sets of bible verses that someway…somehow…mentions directly or indirectly, items that qualify under the scientific study of biology.
And that was just for serpents and spiders and vipers.
Are there bible verses relating to serpents and spiders and vipers that I may have missed? Maybe. What I did discover while putting this section of SURTSScience – Biology together is the fact that the Holy Bible has plenty to say about not only serpents and spiders and vipers, but many more of our planets creatures as well. In fact, there are so many bible verses relating to the study of biology, SURTSBiology had to be divided up into 10 sections:
Genesis and Leviticus And Proverbs Oh My!
Ants And Bats And Caterpillars Oh My!
Chameleons And Crickets And Doves Oh My!
Eagles And Flies And Hares Oh My!
Hawks And Lambs And Locusts Oh My!
Moles And Owls And Pigs Oh My!
Pigeons And Rats And Seagulls Oh My!
Serpents And Spiders And Vipers Oh My!
Vultures And Wild Goats And Worms Oh My! and,
For this section of SURTSBiology…Serpents And Snails And Vipers Oh My!, I would ask that you consider the following…
For a book that is not intended to be a book on science, let alone biology, it is quite amazing, not only on the amount of science that is in there, but the validity of the references regarding biology, that are in there.
Based on the evidence presented, I would submit to you there is absolutely nowhere in the Bible where the biology topics are unfounded. I would also submit to you that there is nowhere in the Bible where any scientific discovery since the Bible was put together, has yet to be proven false, regarding biology.
What is truly amazing is the fact that many of the facts above were already in the Bible before man and his science…and biology, ‘discovered’ them. In multiple cases, by hundreds or thousands of years.
What other religious book has this record?
The point is this:
While the Holy Bible is of course a religious book first and foremost, clearly, it is much more than that.
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Welcome to SURTSAstronomy…Serpents And Snails And Vipers Oh My!.
Serpents And Snails And Vipers Oh My!:
| 61. Serpent | 66. Stork |
| 62. Sheep | 67. Swallow |
| 63. Snail | 68. Turtledove |
| 64. Sparrow | 69. Unicorn |
| 65. Spider | 70. Viper |
61. Serpent (Asp / Cobra / Snake):
Sin in a wicked man is like poison in a serpent; it is in its natural place. (Thomas Brooks)
1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: (Genesis 3:1-2 KJV)
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: (Genesis 3:4 KJV)
13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: (Genesis 3:13 KJV)
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. (Genesis 49:17 KJV)
3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. (Exodus 4:3 KJV)
9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. 10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. (Exodus 7:9-10 KJV)
13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. (Job 26:13 KJV)
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; (Psalm 58:4 KJV)
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah. (Psalm 140:3 KJV)
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (Proverbs 23:32 KJV)
19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. (Proverbs 30:19 KJV)
8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. (Ecclesiastes 10:8 KJV)
11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. (Ecclesiastes 10:11 KJV)
29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. (Isaiah 14:29 KJV)
1 In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. (Isaiah 27:1 KJV)
22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. (Jeremiah 46:22 KJV)
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. (Amos 5:19 KJV)
3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: (Amos 9:3 KJV)
17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee. (Micah 7:17 KJV)
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? (Matthew 7:10 KJV)
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? (Luke 11:11 KJV)
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: (John 3:14 KJV)
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. (2 Corinthian 11:3 KJV)
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (Revelation 12:9 KJV)
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. (Revelation 12:14-15 KJV)
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, (Revelation 20:2 KJV)
62. Sheep:
Do exactly the opposite of what the sheep are doing in order to become the Shepherd. (Marshall Sylver)
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: (Exodus 12:5 KJV)
34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: (1 Samuel 17:34 KJV)
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. (Matthew 25:33 KJV)
4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? (Luke 15:4 KJV)
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. (John 10:7 KJV)
63. Snail:
For observing nature, the best pace is a snail’s pace. (Edwin Way Teale)
30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (Leviticus 11:30 KJV)
8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. (Psalms 58:8 KJV)
64. Sparrow:
The sparrows jumped before they knew how to fly, and they learned to fly only because they had jumped. (Lauren Oliver)
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. (Psalm 84:3 KJV)
7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. (Psalm 102:7 KJV)
31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. (Matthew 10:31 KJV)
65. Spider:
Once you begin watching spiders, you haven’t time for much else. (E.B. White)
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web. (Job 8:14 KJV)
28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces. (Proverbs 30:28 KJV)
5 They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. (Isaiah 59:5 KJV)
66. Stork:
I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it. Their fingers hood round the mesh. (Erich Maria Remarque)
19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (Leviticus 11:19 KJV)
18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (Deuteronomy 14:18 KJV)
17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. (Psalm 104:17 KJV)
7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. (Jeremiah 8:7 KJV)
9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. (Zechariah 5:9 KJV)
67. Swallow:
For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time does not make a man blessed and happy. (Aristotle)
2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. (Proverbs 26:2 KJV)
14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. (Isaiah 38:14 KJV)
68. Turtledove:
Be faithful in all your exercises of piety and virtue; be always resigned; be satisfied, in the superior part of your soul, to taste, without relish, the contentment of doing God’s will. Thus after the winter the spring will come, with its flowers, and you will hear the voice of the turtle-dove in this land. (Paul of the Cross)
9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. (Genesis 15:9 KJV)
6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: (Leviticus 12:6 KJV)
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. (Psalm 74:19 KJV)
24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. (Luke 2:24 KJV)
69. Unicorn:
Wherever they may have come from, and wherever they may have gone, unicorns live inside the true believer’s heart. Which means as long as we can dream, there will be unicorns. (Bruce Coville)
22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. (Numbers 23:22 KJV)
8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. (Numbers 24:8 KJV)
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? (Job 39:9 KJV)
6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. (Psalm 29:6 KJV)
10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. (Psalm 92:10 KJV)
70. Viper (Adder):
To control the mind with force is like putting a viper in a basket. (Charan Singh)
6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. (Isaiah 30:6 KJV)
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (Proverbs 23:32 KJV)
5 They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. (Isaiah 59:5 KJV)
3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. (Acts 28:3-4 KJV)
And there you have it.
There are at least 59 sets of bible verses found in the Holy Bible, whose focus is on serpents…to snails…to vipers. All of these bible verses can be considered under the scientific branch of biology.
If one of these verses is read independently, then it is possible to assume the reader may not come to this conclusion:
While the Holy Bible is of course a religious themed book first and foremost, clearly, it is much more than that.
I would submit to you that in regards to the Holy Bible and the scientific field of biology…
The reliability is more than coincidence.
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