Proverbs 23:32
It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In Context
31Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse:
33Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges:
Cross References
Proverbs 5:11Yea, that thou mourne not at the last, when thou hast spent thy bodye and lustie youth, and then say:
Isaiah 28:3The crowne of the pryde of the drunken Ephraemites shalbe troden vnder foote:
Isaiah 59:5They breede cockatrice egges, and weaue the spiders webbe, who so eateth of their egges, dyeth: but if one treade vpon them, there commeth vp a serpent.
Amos 9:3And though they hyde them selues in the top of Charmel, I will searche, and take them out thence: and though they be hyd from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence will I commaunde the serpent, and he 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 →