45 verses contain “DRAGON” (in the KJV: 44, in the BSB: 16) — showing 1–45
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Their wine is the poison of
dragons, and the cruel
venom of asps.
Their wine is the
venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I
inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
I am a brother to
dragons, and a companion to owls.
I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
Though thou hast
sore broken us in the place of
dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
But You have
crushed us in the
lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
Thou
didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the
dragons in the waters.
You divided the sea by Your strength; You
smashed the heads of the
dragons of the sea;
Thou shalt
tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the
dragon shalt thou
trample under feet.
Praise the LORD from the earth, ye
dragons, and all deeps:
Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their
desolate houses, and
dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Hyenas will
howl in her fortresses and jackals in her
luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on
Leviathan the
fleeing serpent—
Leviathan the
coiling serpent—and He will
slay the
dragon of the sea.
And thorns shall come up in her palaces,
nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an
habitation of
dragons, and a court for owls.
Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a
haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.
The
parched ground will become a
pool, the
thirsty land springs of water. In the
haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and
papyrus.
The beast of the field shall honour me, the
dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
Awake,
awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD;
awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut
Rahab, and wounded the
dragon?
Awake,
awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD.
Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut
Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the
dragon?
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of
dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah
desolate, without an inhabitant.
“And I will make Jerusalem a
heap of
rubble, a
haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a
desolation, without inhabitant.”
Behold, the noise of the
bruit is come, and a great
commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah
desolate, and a den of
dragons.
Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great
commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a
desolation, a
haunt for jackals.
And the wild
asses did stand in the high places, they
snuffed up the wind like
dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
Wild
donkeys stand on barren heights; they
pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
And Hazor shall be a dwelling for
dragons, and a
desolation for ever: there shall no man
abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath
devoured me, he hath
crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath
swallowed me up like a
dragon, he hath filled his
belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great
monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
but
Esau I have
hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the
dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to
devour her child as soon as it was born.
His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky,
tossing them to the earth. And the
dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to
devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.
And the great
dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
And the great
dragon was
hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and
Satan, the
deceiver of the whole world. He was
hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
And when the
dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he
persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed up the flood which the
dragon cast out of his mouth.
But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to
swallow up the river that had poured from the
dragon’s mouth.
And the
dragon was
wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the
remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
And the
dragon was
enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the
dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
And the beast which I saw was like unto a
leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the
dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
The beast I saw was like a
leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the
dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
They worshiped the
dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can
wage war against it?”
And I
beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a
dragon.
Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet.
And he laid hold on the
dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and
Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
He seized the
dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and
Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
Where the nations of the
dragons of Arabia shall come out with many
chariots, and the multitude of them shall be carried as the wind upon earth, that all they which hear them may fear and
tremble.
And then shall the
dragons have the upper hand, remembering their nature; and if they shall turn themselves,
conspiring together in great power to
persecute them,
And the two
dragons are I and Aman.
And, behold, two great
dragons came forth ready to fight, and their cry was great.
But thy sons not the very teeth of
venomous dragons overcame: for thy mercy was ever by them, and
healed them.
I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon, than to keep house with a wicked woman.
And in that same place there was a great dragon, which they of Babylon worshipped.
But give me leave, O king, and I shall
slay this
dragon without sword or staff. The king said, I give thee leave.
Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and did
seethe them together, and made lumps thereof: this he put in the
dragon’s mouth, and so the
dragon burst in
sunder: and Daniel said, Lo, these are the gods ye worship.
When they of Babylon heard that, they took great
indignation, and
conspired against the king, saying, The king is become a
Jew, and he hath destroyed
Bel, he hath slain the
dragon, and put the priests to death.