Proverbs 23:32 · KJV
“At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. {an...: or, a cockatrice}”
— Proverbs 23:32
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, {when} it moveth itself aright.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Proverbs 23 — Context
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, {when} it moveth itself aright.
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. {an...: or, a cockatrice}
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. {the midst...: Heb. the heart of the sea}
Cross References
Isaiah 28:7-8
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble {in} judgment.
Isaiah 28:3
The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: {under...: Heb. with feet}
Luke 16:25-26
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Amos 9:3
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love {to have it} so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? {bear...: or, take into their hands}
Proverbs 5:11
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Isaiah 59:5
They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. {cockatrice': or, adder's} {crushed...: or, sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper}
Exodus 7:12
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.