Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'serpent' occurs 59 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'serpent' in the standard works and contain 44.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 21:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

 21:8 And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.




Moses 4:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 14:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 24:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 32 6 38
Gen. 6 0 6
Ex. 4 1 5
Num. 4 2 6
Deut. 0 2 2
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 2 0 2
Eccl. 2 0 2
Isa. 6 0 6
Jer. 1 1 2
Amos 2 0 2
Micah 1 0 1
NT 8 7 15
BM 8 9 17
DC 4 2 6
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 59 24 83

Num. 21:6
And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

Num. 21:7
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

Num. 21:8
And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

Num. 21:9
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.