"Serpent," evil" name calling that are part stylized biblical/Miltonic scenario

Nouns like 'Pride,"  "envy," and "evil," nouns that could be substantive, are finally produced as if in explanation by those praying and presented as if synonymous with one another, and as part of a stylized biblical/Miltonic scenario ("serpent," evil") yet barely if at all fails to demonstrate their psychological specificity,