Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is a future; and thy hope shall not be cut off.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 in the fear of the LORD all the day;
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.
Cross References
Psalms 9:18(9-19) For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
Proverbs 24:14So know thou wisdom to be unto thy soul; if thou hast found it, then shall there be a future, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
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 →