Proverbs 23:32
At the end it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In Context
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.
Cross References
Exodus 7:12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents, but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Proverbs 5:11and thou mourn at thy latter end when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Isaiah 28:3The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot.
Isaiah 59:5They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web. He who eats of their eggs dies, and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
Jeremiah 8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says LORD.
Amos 9:3And though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there. And though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:30-35
Cautions against Intemperance. 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou… Read the whole commentary →