Bible Verses About Serpents: Often sent as a punishment

And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.