What does the Bible say about serpent?
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The Bible presents the serpent as a fitting image of Satan, the deceiver and enemy of God’s people, while also proclaiming his certain defeat through Christ. In Genesis 3:1 the serpent tempts Eve into sin, and Revelation 12:9 identifies the ancient serpent as the devil, who deceives the world. Jesus calls Satan a liar and murderer in John 8:44, and 1 Peter 5:8 urges believers to resist him soberly and steadfastly. Revelation 20:2 assures us that Satan’s power is limited and will be judged. Though Isaiah 14:12 speaks first to Babylon’s proud king, Christians have often seen it as reflecting the pattern of satanic pride.
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- John 8:44
You are of your Father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
- Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
- Revelation 12:9
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
- Revelation 20:2
He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,
- Isaiah 14:12
How you are fallen from heaven, day-star, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!
- 1 Peter 5:8
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
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