Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is an end; 1 And thine expectation shall not be cut off. 1
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
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: 1 But be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. 1
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, 1 And guide thine heart in the way. 1
Cross References
Psalms 9:18(כ) For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: 1 The expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 1
Proverbs 24:14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: 1 When thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, 1 And thy expectation shall not be cut off. 1
Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Romans 6:21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
Hebrews 10:35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of 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 →