Proverbs 23:18
Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 the Lord all the day long:
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way.
Cross References
Psalms 9:18The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God.
Proverbs 24:14So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish.
Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction, to give you an end and patience.
Romans 6:21What fruit therefore had you then in those things, of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death.
Hebrews 10:35Do not therefore lose your confidence, which hath a great 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 →