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Proverbs 23

Prov. 23:32 KJV (With Strong’s)

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At the last
'achariyth (Hebrew #319)
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
KJV usage: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
Pronounce: akh-ar-eeth'
Origin: from 310
it biteth
nashak (Hebrew #5391)
to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
KJV usage: bite, lend upon usury.
Pronounce: naw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root
like a serpent
nachash (Hebrew #5175)
a snake (from its hiss)
KJV usage: serpent.
Pronounce: naw-khawsh'
Origin: from 5172
, and stingeth
parash (Hebrew #6567)
to separate, literally (to disperse) or figuratively (to specify); also (by implication) to wound
KJV usage: scatter, declare, distinctly, shew, sting.
Pronounce: paw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
like an νadder
tsepha` (Hebrew #6848)
a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
KJV usage: adder, cockatrice.
Pronounce: tseh'-fah;
Origin: from an unused root meaning to extrude
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or, a cockatrice.

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Adder,
Serpent

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 5:11• 11and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed; (Prov. 5:11)
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Isa. 28:3,7‑8• 3The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet;
 7But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled in judgment.
 8For all tables are full of filthy vomit, so that there is no more place. (Isa. 28:3,7‑8)
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Jer. 5:31• 31the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof? (Jer. 5:31)
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Ex. 7:5‑6,12• 5And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
 6And Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah had commanded them: so did they.
 12they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves. (Ex. 7:5‑6,12)
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Luke 16:25‑26• 25But Abraham said, Child, recollect that *thou* hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and *thou* art in suffering.
 26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who desire to cross from there pass over unto us. (Luke 16:25‑26)
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Rom. 6:21• 21What fruit therefore had ye *then* in the things of which ye are *now* ashamed? for the end of *them* is death. (Rom. 6:21)
biteth.
Eccl. 10:8• 8He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him. (Eccl. 10:8)
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Jer. 8:17• 17For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 8:17)
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Amos 5:19• 19as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. (Amos 5:19)
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Amos 9:3• 3and though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them; (Amos 9:3)
an adder.
or, a cockatrice.
Isa. 59:5• 5They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. (Isa. 59:5)
• What seemed so delightful and innocent becomes like a venomous reptile taken into the bosom, whose bite sets the veins on fire. (“Proverbs Twenty-Three” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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at the lastk it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "in result"; lit. "in its end." as ver. 18.