Proverbs 10:28
The expectation of the just is joy: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
29The strength of the upright is the way of the Lord: and fear to them that work evil.
Cross References
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.
Psalms 68:4I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse, my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.
Proverbs 14:32The wicked man shall be driven out in his wickedness: but the just hath hope in his death.
Luke 16:23And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom:
Romans 12:12Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in prayer.
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 →