13 occurrences across the corpus

King James Version

Ecclesiastes 10:8

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Jeremiah 8:17

For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

Amos 9:3

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

Micah 3:5

Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

Habakkuk 2:7

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

Galatians 5:15

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

KJV Apocrypha (Catholic Deuterocanon)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 21:2

Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest too near it, it will bite thee: the teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lion, slaying the souls of men.

Apostolic Fathers

Ignatius to the Ephesians 2:6

For some there are who carry about the name of Christ in deceitfulness, but do things unworthy of God; whom ye must flee, as ye would do so many wild beasts. For they are ravening dogs, who bite secretly: against whom ye must guard yourselves, as men hardly to be cured.

1 Enoch

1 Enoch 69:18

The stroke of the embryo in the womb, to diminish _it_; the stroke of the spirit _by_ the bite of the serpent, and the stroke which is _given_ in the mid-day _by_ the offspring of the serpent, the name of which is Tabaet.

1 Enoch 89:18

And they began to bite each other; when the white cow, which was born in the midst of them, brought forth a wild ass and a white cow at the same time, and _after that_ many wild asses. Then the white cow, which was born, brought forth a black wild sow and a white sheep.

NT Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha

Infancy Gospel of Thomas 16:2

And as he was sore afflicted and ready to perish, Jesus came near and breathed upon the bite, and straightway the pain ceased, and the serpent burst, and forthwith James continued whole.

OT Pseudepigrapha

The Story of Ahikar 7:26

And when it had got warm, it began to bark at them, and they chased it out and beat it, that it might not bite them.