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Asp, or Adder.
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The New Topical Textbook
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Reuben Archer Torrey
Dangerous to travelers.
Gen. 49:17
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)
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DESCRIBED AS
Venomous.
Job 20:14, 16
14
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. (Job 20:14)
16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. (Job 20:16)
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Not to be charmed.
Psa. 58:5
5
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. (Psalm 58:5)
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ILLUSTRATIVE
Of obstinate rejectors of God's Word.
Psa. 58:4, 5
4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
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Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. (Psalm 58:4‑5)
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Of the enemies of God's people.
Psa. 91:13
13
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. (Psalm 91:13)
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(Venom of), of the speech of the wicked.
Psa. 140:3
3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (Psalm 140:3)
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Rom. 3:13
13
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: (Romans 3:13)
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(Venom of), of injurious effects of wine. Deu. 32:33.
Pro. 23:32
32
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (Proverbs 23:32)
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(Deprived of its venom), of the effects of conversion.
Isa. 11:8, 9
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.
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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. (Isaiah 11:8‑9)
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