KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 23:30–32
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Proverbs 23:30
30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
30They that tarry long at the wine, they that goe to seeke mixt wine.
Proverbs 23:31
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
31Looke not thou vpon the wine when it is red, when it giueth his colour in the cup, when it moueth it selfe aright.
Proverbs 23:32
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
32‖At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- Or, acockatrice.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 23:30
To stay, remain, wait, or delay.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Extending a great distance or duration; also to desire earnestly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Promiscuous; consisting of various kinds or different things.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Proverbs 23:31
To direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Of the color of blood or fire; ruddy or crimson, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A pretext or pretended appearance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The reflexive or emphatic pronoun referring to a thing already named.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Rightly; in a right form; without mistake or crime.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Proverbs 23:32
At the end or after all others; latest or final. As a verb, to continue or endure.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To bite: to seize, cut, pierce, or wound with the teeth or mouth.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
A sharp piercing power or instrument of pain; figuratively, the power by which death wounds, identified in the passage with sin.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A venomous serpent called an adder in the KJV; the entry does not impose a particular modern species.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 30
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Open the full verse study18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
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Open the full verse study11¶ Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
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Open the full verse study1WINE is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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Open the full verse study6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
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Open the full verse study2She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
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Open the full verse study8For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
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Open the full verse study21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
From verse 31
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Open the full verse study16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
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Open the full verse study37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
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Open the full verse study2¶ And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
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Open the full verse study47And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
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Open the full verse study25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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Open the full verse study1WHEREFORE, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
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Open the full verse study28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
30And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
From verse 32
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Open the full verse study3The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
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Open the full verse study7¶ 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.
8For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
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Open the full verse study25But 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.
26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
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Open the full verse study19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
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Open the full verse study3And 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:
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Open the full verse study8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
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Open the full verse study12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
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Open the full verse study5And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
6And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.
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Open the full verse study5They 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.
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Open the full verse study31The 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?
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Open the full verse study17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.
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Open the full verse study16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
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Open the full verse study11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
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Open the full verse study21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
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