Proverbs 23:18
Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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. To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.
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 →