Genesis 22:1-2
The Sacrifice of Isaac
22:1 Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham replied.
22:2 God said, “Take your son – your only son, whom you love, Isaac – and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.”
Psalms 91:13
91:13 You will subdue a lion and a snake;
you will trample underfoot a young lion and a serpent.
Mark 16:18
16:18 they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them;
they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.”
Luke 10:19
10:19 Look, I have given you authority to tread
on snakes and scorpions
and on the full force of the enemy,
and nothing will
hurt you.
Acts 28:3-6
28:3 When Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood
and was putting it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.
28:4 When the local people
saw the creature hanging from Paul’s
hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself
has not allowed him to live!”
28:5 However,
Paul
shook
the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.
28:6 But they were expecting that he was going to swell up
or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited
a long time and had seen
nothing unusual happen
to him, they changed their minds
and said he was a god.