Proverbs 23:32
In the last it bites like a serpent 1 and it stings like an adder. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In Context
31Do not look at the wine when it is red, 1 when it sparkles in the cup 1 and goes down smoothly. 1
33Your eyes will see strange things 1 and your heart will utter perverse things. 1
Cross References
Exodus 7:12Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their snakes.
Proverbs 5:11At the end of your life you will groan 1 when your flesh and your body waste away. 1
Isaiah 28:3The proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden underfoot. 1
Isaiah 59:5They hatch eggs of a poisonous snake and weave a spider's web. 1 Whoever eats of their eggs dies, and if an egg is crushed, it hatches into a poisonous snake. 1
Jeremiah 8:17For see, I am sending out snakes among you, vipers that you cannot charm. 1 They will bite you—this is Yahweh's declaration.'” 1
Amos 9:3Though they hide on the top of Carmel, 1 there I will search and take them. 1 Though they are hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, 1 there will I give orders to the serpent, and it will 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 →