Acts 28:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire when a viper, escaping from the heat, fastened on his hand.

Cross References

Job 20:16

The poison of asps he shall drink in; the viper’s fangs shall slay him.

Isaiah 30:6

Oracle on the Beasts of the Negeb. Through the distressed and troubled land of the lioness and roaring lion, of the viper and flying saraph, They carry their riches on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels To a people good for nothing,

Isaiah 41:24

Why, you are nothing and your work is nought; to choose you is an abomination!

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch adders’ eggs, and weave spiders’ webs: Whoever eats the eggs will die, if one of them is crushed, it will hatch a viper;

Amos 5:19

As if someone fled from a lion and a bear met him; Or as if on entering the house he rested his hand against the wall, and a snake bit it.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you say good things when you are evil? For from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 23:33

You serpents, you brood of vipers, how can you flee from the judgment of Gehenna?

Matthew 3:7

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Mark 16:18

They will pick up serpents [with their hands], and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” The Ascension of Jesus.

Acts 28:2

The natives showed us extraordinary hospitality; they lit a fire and welcomed all of us because it had begun to rain and was cold.

Acts 28:4

When the natives saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man must certainly be a murderer; though he escaped the sea, Justice has not let him remain alive.”

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they ministers of Christ? (I am talking like an insane person.) I am still more, with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, far worse beatings, and numerous brushes with death.

2 Corinthians 6:9

as unrecognized and yet acknowledged; as dying and behold we live; as chastised and yet not put to death;