Proverbs 23:18
For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
In Context
17Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
19Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
Cross References
Psalms 9:18\9:17\The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.
Proverbs 24:14So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Jeremiah 29:11For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.
Romans 6:21What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.
Hebrews 10:35So do not give up your hope which will be greatly rewarded.
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 →