Proverbs 23:32

“At the last it biteth like a serpent, etc.] Though it goes down sweetly, yet it leaves a sting behind it, intemperately drank; a nausea in the stomach, a stink in the breath, pains and giddiness in the head, weakness in the eyes, trembling in the members of the body, palsy, gout, and other distempers, very painful and grievous to be bore; and, what is worse, if the conscience is awakened, sharp and cutting reflections there; and, without true repentance, torments intolerable in the world to come; and stingeth like an adder; or “spreads”f646, or separates and scatters; that is, its poison. So the Vulgate Latin version, “diffuseth poisons as a basilisk”, or “cockatrice”; the Targum and Syriac…”

“The acute miseries resulting from drunkenness contrasted with the temptations.”

“Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. Reins - See Job 19:27 note. Proverbs 23:17 Envy sinners - Compare in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb “envy” with the second clause, “envy not sinners, but envy, emulate, the fear of the Lord.” Proverbs 23:18 Or, For if there is an end (hereafter), thine expectations shall not be cut off. There is an implied confidence in immortality. Proverbs 23:20 Riotous eaters of flesh - The word is the same as “glutton”…”

“At: Pro 5:11; Isa 28:3, Isa 28:7, Isa 28:8; Jer 5:31; Exo 7:5, Exo 7:6, Exo 7:12; Luk 16:25, Luk 16:26; Rom 6:21 biteth: Ecc 10:8; Jer 8:17; Amo 5:19, Amo 9:3 an adder: or, a cockatrice, Isa 59:5 Proverbs 23:33”