Proverbs 23:32
Its latter end — as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In Context
33Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.
Cross References
Exodus 7:12and they cast down each his rod, and they become monsters, and the rod of Aaron swalloweth their rods;
Proverbs 5:11And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,
Isaiah 28:3By feet trodden down is the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
Isaiah 59:5Eggs of a viper they have hatched, And webs of a spider they weave, Whoso is eating their eggs doth die, And the crushed hatcheth a viper.
Jeremiah 8:17For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Amos 9:3And if they be hid in the top of Carmel, From thence I search out, and have taken them, And if they be hid from Mine eyes in the bottom of the sea, From thence I command the serpent, And it hath bitten 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 →