Proverbs 23:32–33
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
‖At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, acockatrice.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall vtter peruerse things.
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From verse 32
- Isaiah 28:3Rank 1 from verse 32
- Isaiah 28:7–8Rank 2 from verse 32
7¶ 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.
7¶ But they also haue erred through wine, and through strong drinke are out of the way: the priest and the prophet haue erred through strong drinke, they are swallowed vp of wine: they are out of the way through strong drinke, they erre in vision, they stumble in iudgement.
8For all tables are full of vomite and filthinesse, so that there is no place cleane.
- Luke 16:25–26Rank 3 from verse 32
25But 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.
25But Abraham saide, Sonne, remember that thou in thy life-time receiuedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus euill things, but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26And besides all this, betweene vs and you there is a great gulfe fixed, so that they which would passe from hence to you, cannot, neither can they passe to vs, that would come from thence.
3And 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:
3And though they hide themselues in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence, and though they be hid from my sight in the bottome of the Sea, thence will I commaund the serpent, and he shall bite them.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8Rank 6 from verse 32
- Exodus 7:12Rank 7 from verse 32
- Exodus 7:5–6Rank 8 from verse 32
5And 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.
5And the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
6And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.
- Isaiah 59:5Rank 9 from verse 32
- Jeremiah 5:31Rank 10 from verse 32
31The 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?
31*‖The prophets prophecie falsely, and the priests beare rule by their meanes, and my people loue to haue it so: and what will yee doe in the end therof?
- Jeremiah 8:17Rank 11 from verse 32
- Proverbs 5:11Rank 13 from verse 32
- Romans 6:21Rank 14 from verse 32
From verse 33
- Jude 1:12–13Rank 1 from verse 33
12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
12These are spottes in your feasts of charitie, when they feast with you, feeding themselues without feare: cloudes they are without water, caried about of winds, trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twise dead, plucked vp by the rootes.
13Raging waues of the sea, foming out their owne shame, wandring stars, to whom is reserued the blacknesse of darkenesse for euer.
- Proverbs 2:12Rank 3 from verse 33
- Proverbs 31:5Rank 4 from verse 33
- Daniel 5:4Rank 5 from verse 33
- Genesis 19:32–38Rank 6 from verse 33
32Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
32Come, let vs make our father drinke wine, and we will lye with him, that we may preserue seed of our father.
33And they made their father drinke wine that night, & the first borne went in, and lay with her father: and he perceiued not, when shee lay downe, nor when she arose.
34And it came to passe on the morrow, that the first borne said vnto the yonger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let vs make him drinke wine this night also, and goe thou in, and lye with him, that we may preserue seed of our father.
35And they made their father drinke wine that night also, and the yonger arose, and lay with him: and he perceiued not, when she lay downe, nor when she arose.
36Thus were both the daughters of Lot with childe by their father.
37And the first borne bare a sonne, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites vnto this day.
38And the yonger, she also bare a sonne, and called his name, Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon, vnto this day.
- Psalms 69:12Rank 7 from verse 33
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Proverbs 23:32
At the end or after all others; latest or final.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Bites or wounds with the teeth. 2. Figuratively, causes sharp harm.
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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Causes sharp pain or injury, as an adder does.
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A venomous serpent.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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Proverbs 23:33
The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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1. To speak, declare, or make known. 2. Outermost or complete.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Literally, turned aside; hence, distorted from the right.
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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.
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.
Selected passage33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall vtter peruerse things.
Selected passage34Yea, 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.
34†Yea thou shalt be as he that lyeth downe in the midst of the sea, or as he that lyeth vpon the top of a mast.