Quotes about Snakes

Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.

They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.

For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.

It seethes and seethes, a river of darkness, putting forth lilies and snakes

I've been praying for that same kind of discernment lately. I want to recognize the dangerous, potentially biting characters in my story: the people who create constant emotional debris with their destructive personalities or who refuse to shed the skin of deception, the ones who threaten the God-with-me peace in my life. I'm learning to keep my distance and to pray for snakes, but not make a habit of getting down in the dirt to play with them.