Bible Verses About The Serpent
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the serpent, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,286 votes, led by Genesis 3:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Serpent
Genesis 3:165 votes
Now 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?
Revelation 12:965 votes
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 20:246 votes
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
2 Corinthians 11:343 votes
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.
Genesis 3:1-2438 votes
Now 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?
Genesis 3:1437 votes
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:
John 8:4435 votes
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Genesis 3:1534 votes
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
John 3:14-1534 votes
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
Matthew 10:1633 votes
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Revelation 12:7-932 votes
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
1 Peter 5:830 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Isaiah 27:127 votes
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.
Revelation 20:1-327 votes
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Isaiah 14:1224 votes
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Proverbs 23:3223 votes
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Genesis 49:1721 votes
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.
Hebrews 2:1420 votes
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Isaiah 65:2519 votes
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
2 Corinthians 11:1419 votes
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
1 John 3:818 votes
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Micah 7:1717 votes
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.
Ephesians 6:1217 votes
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Jude 1:617 votes
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Numbers 21:4-916 votes
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
What does the Bible say about the serpent?
Readers most often cite Genesis 3:1 on the subject of the serpent. Across 1,286 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Revelation 12:9, Revelation 20:2, 2 Corinthians 11:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.