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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 at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, (Prov. 5:11)
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Isa. 28:3,7‑8• 3The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
 7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
 8For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. (Isa. 28:3,7‑8)
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Jer. 5:31• 31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and 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 the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
 6And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.
 12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. (Ex. 7:5‑6,12)
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Luke 16:25‑26• 25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
 26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. (Luke 16:25‑26)
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Rom. 6:21• 21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. (Rom. 6:21)
biteth.
Eccl. 10:8• 8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. (Eccl. 10:8)
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Jer. 8:17• 17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord. (Jer. 8:17)
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Amos 5:19• 19As if a man did flee 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 in 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, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: (Amos 9:3)
an adder.
or, a cockatrice.
Isa. 59:5• 5They hatch cockatrice' 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.