Psalm 91:13 {90:13}
Good News Translation
You will trample down lions and snakes, fierce lions and poisonous snakes.

New Revised Standard Version
You will tread on the lion and the adder, the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.

Contemporary English Version
You will overpower the strongest lions and the most deadly snakes.

New American Bible
You can tread upon the asp and the viper, trample the lion and the dragon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.

tread

Judges 14:5,6 Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Thamnatha. And when they were come to the vineyards of the town, behold a young lion met him, raging and roaring. . . .

Job 5:23 But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at peace with thee.

1 Samuel 17:37 And David said: The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David: Go, and the Lord be with thee.

Daniel 6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut up the mouths of the lions, and they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him justice hath been found in me: yea, and before thee, O king, I have done no offence.

2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that by me the preaching may be accomplished and that all the Gentiles may hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

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Psalm 58:4 Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:

Mark 16:18 They shall take up serpents: and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay their hand upon the sick: and they shall recover.

Acts 28:3-6 And when Paul had gathered together a bundle of sticks and had laid them on the fire, a viper, coming out of the heat, fastened on his hand. . . .

Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.

Romans 16:20 And the God of peace crush Satan under your feet speedily. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

the dragon

Isaiah 27:1 In that day the Lord with his hard, and great, and strong sword shall visit leviathan the bar serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and shall slay the whale that is in the sea.

Revelation 12:9 And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world. And he was cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 20:1,2 And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. . . .

Context
My Refuge and Fortress
12In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.14Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.…
Cross References
Luke 10:19
Behold, I have given you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and upon all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall hurt you.

Judges 14:6
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Samson, and he tore the lion as he would have torn a kid in pieces, having nothing at all in his hand: and he would not tell this to his father and mother.

Job 5:22
In destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Proverbs 23:32
But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.

Daniel 6:22
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut up the mouths of the lions, and they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him justice hath been found in me: yea, and before thee, O king, I have done no offence.

Psalm 91:12
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