Proverbs 23:32

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

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  • Exod 7:5-6 : 5 And the Egyptians will see that I am the Lord, when my hand is stretched out over Egypt, and I take the children of Israel out from among them. 6 And Moses and Aaron did so: as the Lord gave them orders, so they did.
  • Exod 7:12 : 12 For every one of them put down his rod on the earth, and they became snakes: but Aaron's rod made a meal of their rods.
  • Job 20:16 : 16 He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.
  • Prov 5:11 : 11 And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;
  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.
  • Isa 28:3 : 3 The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
  • Isa 28:7-8 : 7 And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions. 8 For all the tables are covered with coughed-up food, so that there is not a clean place.
  • Isa 59:5 : 5 They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?
  • Jer 8:17 : 17 See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.
  • Amos 5:19 : 19 As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.
  • Amos 9:3 : 3 Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite:
  • Luke 16:25-26 : 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain. 26 And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.
  • Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.

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    32 For their vine is the vine of Sodom, from the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are the grapes of evil, and the berries are bitter:

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  • Prov 23:28-31
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    28 Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.

    29 Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?

    30 Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.

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  • Prov 23:33-34
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    33 Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.

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    4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

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    11 If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.

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    16 He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.

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    17 See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.

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    21 With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.

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    15 A curse on him who gives his neighbour the wine of his wrath, making him overcome with strong drink from the cup of his passion, so that you may be a witness of their shame!

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    19 As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.

  • Job 20:12-14
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    12 Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;

    13 Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

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    26 And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

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    13 Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

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    25 Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

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    25 For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

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    9 And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

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    4 And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you:

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    24 They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

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    8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

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