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Proverbs 23:32 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Proverbs 23:32 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Proverbs chapter 23 verse 32 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. an: or, a cockatrice”
Proverbs 23:32 (KJV)
Commentary on Proverbs 23:32
Wine that appears smooth and attractive (v. 31) ultimately 'biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.' Initial pleasure transforms to pain and poison. The serpent imagery evokes both danger and satanic deception—what appears harmless proves deadly. Drunkenness may begin pleasantly but ends in addiction, impaired judgment, health destruction, and spiritual death. The principle extends to all sin: momentary pleasure conceals lasting harm. Satan still deceives through attractive packaging on poison. Believers must look at sin through gospel lenses, seeing its true nature as rebellion aga...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Proverbs 23:32
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“and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.”
“and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end of it?”
“I will search and take them out there; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea”
“The crown of pride”
“behold”
“What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.”
“when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt”
“and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall”
“He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge”