Proverbs 10:28
Joy rests long with the righteous: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
Brenton Septuagint
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 adds length of days: but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened.
29The fear of the Lord is a strong hold of the saints: but ruin comes to them that work wickedness.
Cross References
Job 11:20But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
Psalms 68:4I am weary of crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.
Proverbs 14:32The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: but + 14:32 Comp. Heb.he who is secure in his own holiness is just.
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 →