Proverbs 23:18
for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Darby Translation
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 Jehovah all the day;
19Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.
Cross References
Psalms 9:18For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.
Proverbs 24:14so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you in your latter end a hope.
Romans 6:21What fruit therefore had ye *then* in the things of which ye are *now* ashamed? for the end of *them* [is] death.
Hebrews 10:35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense.
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 →