Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
In Context
17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
Cross References
Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
Proverbs 24:14Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Romans 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
Hebrews 10:35So do not throw away your confidence; it holds 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 →