Genesis 3:14

God's Word

So the Lord God said to the snake, “Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all the wild or domestic animals. You will crawl on your belly. You will be the lowest of animals as long as you live.

Cross References

Genesis 3:1

The snake was more clever than all the wild animals the Lord God had made. He asked the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must never eat the fruit of any tree in the garden’?”

Genesis 4:11

So now you are cursed from the ground, which has received the blood of your brother whom you killed.

Genesis 9:6

Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, because in the image of God, God made humans.

Psalm 72:9

May the people of the desert kneel in front of him. May his enemies lick the dust.

Isaiah 29:4

When you have fallen, you will speak as you lie on the ground. Your words will be muffled by the dust. Your voice will come out of the ground like that of a ghost. Your words will be whispered from the dust.

Isaiah 65:25

Wolves and lambs will feed together, lions will eat straw like oxen, and dust will be food for snakes. “They will not hurt or destroy anyone anywhere on my holy mountain,” says the Lord.

Leviticus 20:25

Separate clean and unclean  animals and birds. Never become disgusting by eating any animal or bird or anything that crawls on the ground. I have separated you from every unclean thing.

Micah 7:17

They will lick dust like snakes, like animals that crawl on the ground. They will come out of their hiding places trembling. They will turn away from your presence in fear, O Lord our God. They will be afraid of you.