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Psalm 91:13
You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.
11For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.
12They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.
13You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.
14“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
15He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
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The lion and cobra end up underfoot, a fierce picture of God's protection that can challenge your sense of how much power danger holds.
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Luke 10:19Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.Both passages describe treading on serpents, linking that striking image with protection from threatening powers.
Mark 16:18they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”Both passages picture people encountering serpents without being overcome by the danger they pose.
Daniel 6:22My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O …Daniel names God's angel and protection from lions, matching the angels and lions in Psalm 91:11–13.
1 Samuel 17:37David said, “The LORD, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul …David recalls God's deliverance from a lion, sharing Psalm 91's confidence in God's protection against a dangerous animal.
Romans 16:20And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.Both passages picture a threat crushed beneath feet; Romans names Satan, while the psalm names lions and serpents.
Judges 14:5–6Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and his mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion roared at him.A young lion appears in both passages, though the supplied Judges verse shows the threat without describing its defeat.
Acts 28:3–6But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.Both passages feature a dangerous snake, though the supplied Acts verse describes Paul's encounter without yet showing its outcome.
2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered …Both passages connect protection from a lion with the Lord's help, using the lion as an image of grave danger.
Revelation 20:1–2I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.The connection is limited: Revelation shows an angel descending, while Psalm 91's surrounding lines describe angels guarding a person.
Isaiah 27:1In that day, the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan, the twisted serpent; and he will kill …Both passages portray a serpent being overcome, with Isaiah naming the LORD as the one who punishes leviathan.
Psalm 58:4Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,Both psalms name a cobra; Psalm 58 describes its poison, while Psalm 91 pictures it beneath a person's feet.
Job 5:23For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.Both passages portray safety among animals, though Job speaks of peace and Psalm 91 of trampling dangerous creatures.
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This fierce promise rests on God's protection and gives no command to seek danger. The surrounding words acknowledge trouble: God promises to be with those who call on him.
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