Proverbs 23:32
At the acharit (latter end, future) it biteth like a nachash, 1 and stingeth with venomous poisons like a viper. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In Context
33Thine eynayim shall behold zarot (strange women), 1 and thine lev shall utter perverse things. 1
Cross References
Exodus 7:12For they cast down every man his matteh, and they became serpents: but the matteh Aharon swallowed up their mattot.
Proverbs 5:11And thou mourn at the acharit (last, latter end, future), 1 when thy basar and thy body are consumed, 1
Isaiah 28:3The ateret ge'ut (crown of pride), the shikkorei Ephrayim, 1 shall be trodden under foot; 1
Isaiah 59:5They hatch the beytzim (eggs) of the tzifoni (viper, poisonous snake), 1 and weave the webs of the akavish (spider); 1 he that eateth of their beytzim (eggs) dieth, 1 and of that which is cracked open, an efeh (kind of poisonous snake) is hatched. 1
Jeremiah 8:17For, hinei, I will send nachashim, 1 tzifonim (vipers), among you, which will not be charmed, 1 and they shall bite you, saith Hashem. 1
Amos 9:3And though they hide themselves in the summit of Carmel, 1 I will search and take them out thence; 1 and though they be hid 1 from My sight in the bottom of the yam, 1 thence will I command the nachash, 1 and he shall bite them; 1
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 →