ASP

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A venomous serpent
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. (Job 20:1414Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. (Job 20:14))
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. (Job 20:1616He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. (Job 20:16))
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. (Isaiah 11:88And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. (Isaiah 11:8))
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: (Romans 3:1313Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: (Romans 3:13))
Venom of, illustrates the speech of the wicked
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (Psalm 140:33They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (Psalm 140:3))
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: (Romans 3:1313Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: (Romans 3:13))
Injurious effects of wine
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (Proverbs 23:3232At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (Proverbs 23:32))
Deprived of venom, illustrates conversion
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. 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 11:8-98And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. 9They 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))