Proverbs 23:32
In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In Context
33Thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart shall speake lewde things.
Cross References
Exodus 7:12For they cast downe euery man his rod, and they were turned into serpents: but Aarons rodde deuoured their rods.
Proverbs 5:11And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie)
Isaiah 28:3They shall be troden vnder foote, euen the crowne and the pride of the drunkards of Ephraim.
Isaiah 59:5They hatch cockatrice egges, and weaue the spiders webbe: he that eateth of their egges, dieth, and that which is trode vpon, breaketh out into a serpent.
Jeremiah 8:17For beholde, I will sende serpents, and cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall sting you, sayth the Lord.
Amos 9:3And though they hide them selues in the toppe of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence: and though they be hid from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence will I commande 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 →