Proverbs 23:32
At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In Context
33Thine eyes will look upon strange women, And thy heart will utter perverse things.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:11And lest thou mourn in thy latter end. When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Isaiah 28:3It shall be trodden under foot, The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim.
Isaiah 59:5They hatch the eggs of the basilisk, And weave the web of the spider; He that eateth of their eggs dieth, And when one of them is crushed, a viper breaketh forth.
Jeremiah 8:17Behold I send against you serpents, Basilisks, which cannot be charmed, And they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
Amos 9:3Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, There will I search for them, and take them away; Though they hide themselves from mine eyes in the bottom of the sea, There will I command 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 →