Proverbs 23:32
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In Context
31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
Cross References
Exodus 7:12Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
Proverbs 5:11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
Isaiah 28:3The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
Isaiah 59:5They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
Jeremiah 8:17“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
Amos 9:3Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to 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 →