World English Bible
Proverbs 23:32
“In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 23
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 midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging: