Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is a future, and thy hope will not be cut off.
Leeser Tanakh
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 be envious against sinners; but [remain] in the fear of the lord all the time.
19Hear thou, my son, and become wise, and guide thy heart on the right way.
Cross References
Psalms 9:18(9:19) For not everlastingly shall the needy be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Proverbs 24:14So obtain the knowledge of wisdom for thy soul: when thou hast found her, then shall there be a [happy] future, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
Jeremiah 29:11For I alone know the thoughts that I entertain respecting you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a [happy] future and 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 →