Proverbs 23:18
For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; and thine hope shall not be removed.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
In Context
17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day.
19Hear, my son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart.
Cross References
Psalms 9:18Let sinners be driven away into Hades, even all the nations that forget God.
Proverbs 24:14Thus shalt thou perceive wisdom in thy soul: for if thou find it, thine end shall be good, and hope shall not fail thee.
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 →