Proverbs 23:32
In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In Context
31Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Cross References
Exodus 7:12For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
Proverbs 5:11You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
Isaiah 28:3The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot.
Isaiah 59:5They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web. He who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
Jeremiah 8:17“For, behold, I will send serpents, adders amongst you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says the LORD.
Amos 9:3Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will 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 →