Proverbs 23:32

Bishops' Bible (1568)

It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder.

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  • Exod 7:5-6 : 5 And the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the Lord, when I stretch foorth my hande vpon Egypt, and bryng out the children of Israel fro among them. 6 Moyses and Aaron did as the Lord commaunded them, euen so did they.
  • Exod 7:12 : 12 For they cast downe euery man his rod, and they turned to serpentes: but Aarons rodde did eate vp their roddes.
  • Job 20:16 : 16 He shall sucke the gall of serpentes, and the adders tongue shall slay him:
  • Prov 5:11 : 11 Yea, that thou mourne not at the last, when thou hast spent thy bodye and lustie youth, and then say:
  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 But he that diggeth vp a pitte, shall fall therin hym selfe: and who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shall byte hym.
  • Isa 28:3 : 3 The crowne of the pryde of the drunken Ephraemites shalbe troden vnder foote:
  • Isa 28:7-8 : 7 But they are out of the way by reason of wine, yea farre out of the way are they thorowe strong drinke: The priest also and the prophete are gone astray by the meanes of strong drinke, they are drunken with wine, they go amisse thorowe strong drinke, they fayle in propheciyng, and stumble in iudgement. 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthynesse, that no place is cleane.
  • Isa 59:5 : 5 They breede cockatrice egges, and weaue the spiders webbe, who so eateth of their egges, dyeth: but if one treade vpon them, there commeth vp a serpent.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophetes teache falsely, and the preachers receaue giftes, and my people hath pleasure therein: what wyll come thereof at the last.
  • Jer 8:17 : 17 Moreouer, I wyll sende cockatrices and serpentes among you (whiche wyl not be charmed) and they shall bite you, saith the Lorde.
  • Amos 5:19 : 19 As if a man dyd flee from a lion, and a beare meete him, & went into the house, and leaned his hand vnto the wal, and a serpent bite hym.
  • Amos 9:3 : 3 And though they hyde them selues in the top of Charmel, I will searche, and take them out thence: and though they be hyd from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence will I commaunde the serpent, and he shall bite them.
  • Luke 16:25-26 : 25 But Abraham sayde: Sonne, remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, and lykewyse Lazarus paynes: But nowe is he comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 Beyonde all this, betweene vs & you there is a great gulfe set, so that they which woulde go from hence to you, can not, neither may come from thence to vs.
  • Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruite had ye then in those thynges, wherof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those thynges, is death.

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    28 She lyeth in wayte as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours amongst men.

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    33 Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges:

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    8 The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake, and loose those sweete wordes.

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