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Proverbs 23:32

World English Bible

In the end, it bites like a snake,
and poisons like a viper.

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Proverbs 23:32 in other translations

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

Proverbs 23:32 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 23:32 in context

  1. 30Those who stay long at the wine;
    those who go to seek out mixed wine.
  2. 31Don’t look at the wine when it is red,
    when it sparkles in the cup,
    when it goes down smoothly.
  3. 32In the end, it bites like a snake,
    and poisons like a viper.
  4. 33Your eyes will see strange things,
    and your mind will imagine confusing things.
  5. 34Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea,
    or as he who lies on top of the rigging: