Proverbs 10:28
The expectation of the just is rejoicing. But the hope of the impious will perish.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
In Context
27The fear of the Lord adds days. And the years of the impious will be shortened.
29The strength of the simple is the way of the Lord, and it is fear to those who work evil.
Cross References
Job 11:20But the eyes of the impious will fade away, and the path to escape will perish before them, for the abomination of the soul is their hope.
Psalms 68:4I have endured hardships, while crying out. My jaws have become hoarse; my eyes have failed. Meanwhile, I hope in my God.
Proverbs 14:32The impious will be expelled in his malice. But the just finds hope even in his own death.
Luke 16:23Then lifting up his eyes, while he was in torments, he saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Romans 12:12in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:28-29
27 The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. Observe, 1. Religion lengthens men's lives and crowns their hopes. What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure him from many things that would prejudice his life, and secure to him life enough in this world and eternal life in the other; the fear of the Lord will add days more than was expected, will add… Read the whole commentary →