PROVERBS 23:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.”
In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper—a vivid metaphor for alcohol's delayed harm, establishing that initial pleasure turns to pain. The verbs 'bites' and 'poisons' describe lethal attack; the danger arrives after initial consumption. The theological significance involves the principle that temptation's true nature is revealed only in consequence.
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