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Proverbs 23:32 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper. "
Proverbs 23:32
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30 Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
31 Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
32 In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
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Proverbs 23:1
"When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;"
Proverbs 23:2
"put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite."
Proverbs 23:3
"Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food."
Proverbs 23:4
"Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint."
Proverbs 23:5
"Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky."
Proverbs 23:6
"Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,"
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