Proverbs 23:18
For veryly there is an ende, and thy pacient abiding shall not be cut of.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
In Context
19My sonne geue eare and be wyse, and set straight thyne heart in the way [of the Lorde.]
Cross References
Proverbs 24:14So [sweete] shal the knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule when thou hast found it: and there shalbe hope, and thy hope shall not be cut of.
Romans 6:21What fruite had ye then in those thynges, wherof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those thynges, is death.
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 →