Proverbs 10:28
The prospect of the tzaddikim shall be simchah, 1 but the tikveh of the resha'im shall perish. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
In Context
27The Yirat Hashem prolongeth yamim; 1 but the shanot of the resha'im shall be cut short. 1
29The Derech Hashem is maoz to the blameless, 1 but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 1
Cross References
Job 11:20But the eyes of the resha'im faileth, 1 and they shall not escape, 1 and their tikveh shall be as the last gasp of the nefesh.
Psalms 68:4But let the tzaddikim have simchah; 1 let them rejoice before Elohim; 1 and, let them rejoice with simchah. 1
Psalms 112:10The rasha shall see it, and be incensed; 1 he shall gnash his teeth, and waste away; 1 the ta'avot resha'im (desire of the wicked ones) shall come to nothing.
Proverbs 14:32The reshah is banished in his ra'ah, 1 but the tzaddik hath refuge in his mot (death). 1
Luke 16:23And lifting up his eynayim in Sheol, where he was in the torments of agony, he sees Avraham Avinu off in the distance and El'azar at tish at his kheyk (bosom).
Romans 12:12Have simcha in tikvah. Have savlanut in tzoros. Keep davening tefillos.
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 →