We found "poison" used in 20 sacred songs, each carrying a unique message of faith.
poison
...To bind the conscience in your chains.
A poisoned arrow is your tongue,
The arrow sharp, the poison strong,...
To bind the conscience in your chains.
A poisoned arrow is your tongue,
The arrow sharp, the poison strong,
...Grew the forbidden food;
Our mother took the poison there
And tainted all her blood....
Grew the forbidden food;
Our mother took the poison there
And tainted all her blood.
...Morning by morning Thou didst wake,
Amidst this poisoned air;
Yet no contagion touched Thy soul,...
Morning by morning Thou didst wake,
Amidst this poisoned air;
Yet no contagion touched Thy soul,
...That leadeth downward still;
Touch not the poison of the cup
The tempter waits to fill....
That leadeth downward still;
Touch not the poison of the cup
The tempter waits to fill.
...Within the tangled thicket,
Where poison vines do creep,
And over rocky ledges,...
Within the tangled thicket,
Where poison vines do creep,
And over rocky ledges,
...My wasted limbs forsook;
Death threw his poisoned dart in vain,
For He repelled the stroke....
My wasted limbs forsook;
Death threw his poisoned dart in vain,
For He repelled the stroke.
...A virgin mother gave Him birth.
No poison from the serpent stains
The human blood that fills His veins;...
A virgin mother gave Him birth.
No poison from the serpent stains
The human blood that fills His veins;
...Has this defect entwined;
How has it poisoned with its gall
My spirit, heart and mind!...
Has this defect entwined;
How has it poisoned with its gall
My spirit, heart and mind!
...From Adam flows our tainted blood,
The poison reigns within:
Makes us averse to all that’s good,...
From Adam flows our tainted blood,
The poison reigns within:
Makes us averse to all that’s good,
...I mourn the anguish of the bite.
But though the poison lurks within,
Hope bids me still with patience wait;...
I mourn the anguish of the bite.
But though the poison lurks within,
Hope bids me still with patience wait;
...But now, awake, I find,
That sin has poisoned every stream,
And left a curse behind....
But now, awake, I find,
That sin has poisoned every stream,
And left a curse behind.
...The dire contagion fills the veins,
And spreads its poison to the heart.
And can no sovereign balm be found,...
The dire contagion fills the veins,
And spreads its poison to the heart.
And can no sovereign balm be found,
...Beneath my feet;
I know too well the poison and the sting
Of things too sweet....
Beneath my feet;
I know too well the poison and the sting
Of things too sweet.
...His eye on Bathsheba once fixed,
With poison filled his soul;
He ventured on adultery next,...
His eye on Bathsheba once fixed,
With poison filled his soul;
He ventured on adultery next,
...That plants of paradise may spring,
Where baleful poisons cursed the ground.
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That plants of paradise may spring,
Where baleful poisons cursed the ground.
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...Changed, they exert a baneful power,
And poison while they feed.
Cursed for the sake of wretched man,...
Changed, they exert a baneful power,
And poison while they feed.
Cursed for the sake of wretched man,
...When the cross I view by faith,
Sin is madness, poison, death;
Tempt me not, ’tis all in vain,...
When the cross I view by faith,
Sin is madness, poison, death;
Tempt me not, ’tis all in vain,
...The serpent sin’s envenomed sting
Has poisoned all my joys.
I know the Lord is nigh,...
The serpent sin’s envenomed sting
Has poisoned all my joys.
I know the Lord is nigh,
...The water some property had,
Which poisonous proved to the ground;
The springs were corrupted and bad,...
The water some property had,
Which poisonous proved to the ground;
The springs were corrupted and bad,
...Tasting that the Lord is good,
Pining then for poisoned food;
At the fountains of the skies...
Tasting that the Lord is good,
Pining then for poisoned food;
At the fountains of the skies
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