Proverbs 23:32
In the end it bites like a serpent, it stings like a snake.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 7:12Each of them threw down their walking sticks and they also turned into snakes, but Aaron's walking stick swallowed up all their walking sticks.
Proverbs 5:11When you come to the end of your life you'll moan in pain as disease destroys your body.
Isaiah 28:3That crowning glory of Ephraim's drunks will be trampled underfoot.
Isaiah 59:5They hatch viper's eggs, and weave a spider's web. If you eat their eggs you'll die; if you crush their eggs you'll only hatch snakes.
Jeremiah 8:17Watch out! I'm sending snakes among you, vipers that can't be charmed. They will come and bite you, declares the Lord.
Amos 9:3Even if they hide themselves at the top of Mount Carmel, I will search for them and catch them. Even if they hide from me at the bottom of the sea, I will command the sea 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 →