Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
In Context
17Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of LORD all the day long.
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.
Cross References
Psalms 9:18For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.
Proverbs 24:14so the knowledge of wisdom [is] to thy soul. If thou have found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
Romans 6:21What fruit therefore did ye have then, of which things ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
Hebrews 10:35Therefore do not throw off your boldness, which has great recompense of reward.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:18-19
Parental Advice. 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. 18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Here is, 1. A necessary caution against entertaining any favourable thoughts of prospering profaneness: " Let not thy heart envy sinners; do not grudge them either the liberty they take to sin or the success they are to be pitied rather than envied. Their prosperity is their portion ( Ps. xii. 14 ), nay, it is their poison," Prov. i.… Read the whole commentary →