“ At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingethe like an adder. ”
Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips c...
It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what...
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
At the last it biteth, &c.— "Remember that the pleasure will be attended at last with intolerable pains when it works like so much poison in thy veins, and casts thee into troubles as keen, and...
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Stingeth like an adder - Hebrew, tsip`oniy ( H6848 ); the basilisk (Bochart); a viper (Maurer).
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6 "Withhold not correction fro...
At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still proverbial, it takes the form of longer discourses...
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall...
At the last it biteth like a serpent ,.... Though it goes down sweetly, yet it leaves a sting behind it, intemperately drank; a nausea in the stomach, a stink in the breath, pains and giddiness in t...
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Ver. 32. At the last it biteth like a serpent. ] Lo, such is the guilt of sin, such the end and effect of drunkenness - torments h...
Look not thou upon the wine Earnestly, so as to inflame thine appetite toward it; in which sense men are forbidden to look upon a woman, Job 31:1 ; Matthew 5:28 . When it is red Which was the...
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek...
It hurts the body in many respects, impairs the rigour of the mind, wastes the estate and reputation, wounds the conscience, and, without repentance, will destroy the soul.
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:30 . Mixed wine — i.e. , wine mixed with strong spices. Proverbs 23:31 . When it giveth his colour , etc., literally, “When it showeth its eye.” This may refer to...
Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. How many have stai...
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. The woes of the drunkard The ugly sketch given here should be enough to warn all young people against tampering with a vice wh...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the gue...
v. 32. At the last it biteth like a serpent, its ruinous and destructive influence becoming evident afterward, and stingeth like an adder, whose venom had a most deadly effect.
Amos 5:19 ; Amos 9:3 ; Ecclesiastes 10:8 ; Exodus 7:12 ; Exodus 7:5 ; Exodus 7:6 ; Isaiah 28:3 ; Isaiah 28:7 ; Isaiah 28:8 ; Isaiah 59:5 ; Jeremiah 5:31 ; Jeremiah 8:17 ; Luke 16:25 ; L...