Proverbs 23:32
at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In Context
31Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
Cross References
Exodus 7:12they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.
Proverbs 5:11and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
Isaiah 28:3The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet;
Isaiah 59:5They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
Jeremiah 8:17For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
Amos 9:3and though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I 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 →