Proverbs 23:18
Indeed surely there is a future hope, 2 and your hope will not be cut off. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
In Context
19Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, my son, and be wise, 2 and keep your heart on the right path! 1
Cross References
Psalms 9:18כּ For the needy shall not always be forgotten, 2 nor the hope of the poor perish forever. 1
Proverbs 24:14so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; 2 if you have found it, then there will be a reward, 2 your hope will not be cut off. 1
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 →