Proverbs 23:32

Proverbs chapter 23 · verse 32 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

Context

v.31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:

v.32This passage

v.33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 20:16

    He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.

  • Exodus 7:5

    And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

  • Isaiah 28:3

    The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:

  • Isaiah 59:5

    They hatch adders’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

  • Isaiah 28:7

    And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • 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?