Proverbs 23:32 meaning and explanation

In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

Proverbs 23:32, Berean Standard Bible

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In this verse the fatherly teacher of Proverbs continues his warning about wine, pictured in the previous verses as sparkling and going down smoothly. Here he names the outcome: what begins pleasantly ends in a bite and a sting.

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