Proverbs 23:32
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.
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- 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
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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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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.