Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
29The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright, but ruin to the workers of iniquity.
Cross References
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul.
Psalms 68:4(68-5) Sing unto God, sing praises to His name; extol Him that rideth upon the skies, whose name is the LORD; and exult ye before Him.
Psalms 112:10The wicked shall see it, and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 14:32The wicked is thrust down in his misfortune; but the righteous, even when he is brought to death, hath hope.
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 →