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“The fatal effects of sin can be removed only by the provision that God has made. The Israelites saved their lives by looking upon the uplifted serpent. That look implied faith. They lived because they believed God's word, and trusted in the means provided for their recover. So to sinner may look to Christ, and live. He receives pardon through faith in the atoning sacrifice. Unlike the inert and lifeless symbol, Christ has power and virtue in Himself to heal the repenting sinner.”

Looks May Mean Made Christ Sin Virtue Sacrifice Effects Saved Heal Symbols Sinner Live By Trusted Repent Pardon Provision Serpent Lifeless Implied

Book:The Complete Conflict of the Ages

Source: The Complete Conflict of the Ages

“The lion of anger shall give place to the lamb of meekness; the raven of uncleanness shall fly before the dove of purity; the vile serpent of deceit shall be trodden under the heel of truth.”

Giving Purity Deceit Lions Heels Lambs Dove Serpent Meekness Ravens

Book:Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon

Source: Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon

“I look upon Virginia as a rib taken from Britain's side... While they both proceed as living under the marriage-compact, this Eve might thrive so long as her Adam flourishes. Whatever serpent shall tempt her to go astray etc [will only cause] her husband to rule more strictly over her.”

Looks Long Might Causes Sides Taken Revolution Husband Look Up Britain Etc Thrive Adam Virginia American Revolution Serpent Ribs Compact

Author:Alexander Spotswood

“Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.”

Giving May Asks Fishes Judgement Serpent

Book:The New Frontier and Sand and Foam

Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam

“What of the old serpent who cannot shed his skin, and calls all others naked and shameless?”

Skins Naked Judgement Shed Serpent Shameless

Book:Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces

Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces

“Sin in a wicked man is like poison in a serpent; it is in its natural place.”

Men Natural Sin Poison Wicked Serpent Wicked Man

Author:Thomas Brooks

“The Devil' is, historically, the God of any people that one personally dislikes... This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade 'Know Thyself!' and taught Initiation. He is 'The Devil' of the Book of Thoth, and His emblem is BAPHOMET, the Androgyne who is the hieroglyph of arcane perfection... He is therefore Life, and Love.”

Source: Magick: In Theory and Practice

“For my part, I love to stand foot to foot with an honest foeman. To open warfare, bold and true hearts raise no objection but the ground of quarrel; it is covert enmity which we have most cause to fear, and best reason to loathe. That crafty kindness which inveigles me to sacrifice principle is the serpent in the grass - deadly to the incautious wayfarer.”

Heart Reason Causes Principles Kindness Sacrifice Feet Honest Raises Grass Warfare Quarrels Objections Serpent Loathe Enmity Crafty Covert True Heart

Book:Sermons of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, of London

Source: Sermons of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, of London

“Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.”

Men Wisdom Speak Secret Faults Serpent

Author:Chanakya

“Jesus reminds us that the good life combines the toughness of the serpent and the tenderness of the dove. To have serpent-like qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish. To have dovelike without serpent-like qualities is to be sentimental, anemic and aimless. We must combine strongly marked antitheses.”

Mean Jesus Quality Selfish Good Life Tenderness Sentimental Dove Toughness Serpent Antithesis

Book:A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings

Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings

“The Scorpion connects with the Serpent through the Dragon.”

Dragons Serpent Scorpions

Book:Psychic self-defense: The Classic Instruction Manual for Protecting Yourself Against Paranormal Attack

Source: Psychic self-defense: The Classic Instruction Manual for Protecting Yourself Against Paranormal Attack

“I will have my voice: Indian, Spanish, white. I will have my serpent's tongue - my woman's voice, my sexual voice, my poet's voice. I will overcome the tradition of silence.”

Women Voice White Silence Poet Tradition Overcoming Tongue Indian Serpent

Author:Gloria E. Anzaldúa

“Yes, I could see these enormous elephants, whose trunks were tearing down large boughs, and working in and out the trees like a legion of serpents. I could hear the sounds of the mighty tusks uprooting huge trees!”

Sound Tree Huge Enormous Elephants Serpent Trunks Legion Uprooting

Book:Journey to Center of the Earth

Source: Journey to Center of the Earth

“See yonder another King's garden, which the King waters with his bloody sweat-Gethsemane, whose bitter herbs are sweeter far to renewed souls than even Eden's luscious fruits. There the mischief of the serpent in the first garden was undone: there the curse was lifted from earth, and borne by the woman's promised seed.”

Firsts Soul Earth Water Kings Garden Fruit Seeds Bitter Curse Sweat Bloody Mischief Eden Herbs Undone Serpent Gethsemane

Book:Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

Source: Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

“The eagle had two natural enemies: storms and serpents. He embraced the storm, waiting on the rock for the right thermal current and then using that to carry him higher. While other birds were taking cover, the eagle was soaring. An eagle would never fight against the storms of life.”

Two Fighting Waiting Natural Enemy Rocks Higher Bird Currents Storm Soar Eagles Serpent Storms Of Life Natural Enemies Thermal

Book:The Timeless Love Collection: A Time to Dance and A Time to Embrace

Source: The Timeless Love Collection: A Time to Dance and A Time to Embrace

“It is written, 'Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves' (Mt. 10:16). Being like serpents means not ignoring the attacks and wiles of the devil. Like is quickly shown to like. The simplicity of the dove denotes purity of action.”

Mean Action Christian Wise Written Devil Simplicity Innocent Purity Orthodox Being Wise Orthodox Christian Dove Serpent

Author:Syncletica of Alexandria

“I put a What Would Jesus Do bracelet on my Jewish friend's wrist and it burned his skin. He threw it on the ground, it turned into a serpent, we both started laughing. We left it there, we hate snakes. We think they're slimy, even though we know they're not.”

Thinking Knows Humor Funny Hate Jesus Left Laughing Jokes Skins Burned Snakes Wrists Serpent Bracelet Jewish Friends

Author:Daniel Tosh

“Sordid selfishness doth contract and narrow our benevolence, and cause us, like serpents, to infold ourselves within ourselves, and to turn out our stings to the entire world besides.”

World Turns Causes Selfishness Contracts Benevolence Serpent

Author:Walter Scott

“Horror is like a serpent; always shedding its skin, always changing. And it will always come back. It can't be hidden away like the guilty secrets we try to keep in our subconscious.”

Trying Secret Horror Skins Guilty Subconscious Serpent

Author:Dario Argento

“In the Garden of Eden Eve showed more courage than Adam.. when the serpent offered the forbidden fruit. She knew that there was something better than paradise.”

Garden Fruit Paradise Adam Forbidden Something Better Eden Serpent Garden Of Eden Forbidden Fruit

Author:Cesare Borgia

“Envy, the meanest of vices, creeps on the ground like a serpent.”

Vices Envy Creeps Serpent

Author:Ovid

“The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.”

Men Evil Literature Serpent Seducing Mediation Necessary Evil

Book:Wedding preparations in the country: and other posthumous prose writings. With notes by Max Brod

Source: Wedding preparations in the country: and other posthumous prose writings. With notes by Max Brod

“In Eden who sleeps happiest? The serpent.”

Evil Sleep Eden Serpent

Book:Sea Grapes

Source: Sea Grapes

“Even the minds of animals, such as dogs, lions, cats, and serpents, become charmed with music.”

Mind Animal Dog Cat Lions Serpent Charmed

Book:Addresses on Bhakti Yoga: Art of living

Source: Addresses on Bhakti Yoga: Art of living

“I must first know myself, as the Delphian inscription says; to be curious about that which is not my concern, while I am still in ignorance of my own self, would be ridiculous. And therefore I bid farewell to all this; the common opinion is enough for me. For, as I was saying, I want to know not about this, but about myself: am I a monster more complicated and swollen with passion than the serpent Typho, or a creature of a gentler and simpler sort, to whom Nature has given a diviner and lowlier destiny?”

“Sharper than a serpents tongue, tighter than a bongo drum, quicker than a one night stand, slicker than a mambo band.”

Night Politics Band Tongue One Night Serpent One Night Stand Bongos

Author:Don Henley

“Don't blow your tomorrows, don't throw away your love. You've got to be wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove.”

Wise Advice Love You Tomorrow Blow Being Wise Dove Serpent

Author:Gerry Rafferty

“Be circumspect how you offend schollers, for knowe, a serpent tooth bites not so ill, as dooth a schollers angrie quill.”

Power Management Ill Teeth Bites Serpent Quills

Author:John Florio

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