Proverbs 23:32
At the last it will bite like a serpent, and like a basilisk will it sting.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In Context
33Thy eyes will see strange forms, and thy heart will speak perverse things.
Cross References
Exodus 7:12And they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.
Proverbs 5:11While thou moanest at thy end, when thy flesh and thy body are coming to their end,
Isaiah 28:3Under feet shall be trodden the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim:
Isaiah 59:5Basilisk's eggs do they hatch, and spider's webs do they weave: he that eateth of their eggs must die, and if one be crushed, a viper will break forth.
Jeremiah 8:17For, behold, I will send out against you serpents, basilisks, for which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.
Amos 9:3And though they were to hide themselves on the top of Carmel, thence would I search and take them out; and though they were to conceal themselves from before my eyes in the bottom of the sea, thence would I command the serpent, that he should 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 →