Proverbs 23:32
In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In Context
33Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.
Cross References
Exodus 7:12For every one of them put down his rod on the earth, and they became snakes: but Aaron's rod made a meal of their rods.
Proverbs 5:11And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;
Isaiah 28:3The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
Isaiah 59:5They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake.
Jeremiah 8:17See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.
Amos 9:3Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite:
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 →