Exodus 7:12

Then He said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.

“And you shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs.”

Then the magicians did the same with their secret arts in order to bring forth gnats, but they could not; so there were gnats on man and beast.

and His signs and His works which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land;

“Then You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, Against all his servants and all the people of his land; For You knew that they acted presumptuously toward them, And made a name for Yourself as it is this day.

But they will not make further progress, for their folly will be obvious to all, just as theirs was also.