Proverbs 10:28
Righteous people confidently expect that good things will happen to them, and that causes them to be happy/joyful; but when wicked people confidently expect something good to happen, it does not happen.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
In Context
27If you revere Yahweh, you will live for a long time; but wicked people die before they become old.
29Yahweh protects [MET] those who live righteously, but he destroys those who do what is evil.
Cross References
Job 11:20But wicked people [SYN] will not be able to understand why bad things are happening to them; they will not have any way to escape from their troubles. The only thing that they will want to do is to die. [EUP]”
Psalms 68:4Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
Psalms 112:10Wicked people see those things and are angry; they gnash their teeth angrily, but they will disappear and die. The wicked things that they want to do will never happen.
Proverbs 14:32Wicked people ruin themselves by the evil things that they do, but righteous/good people are kept safe/protected even when they die (OR, because of their continually doing what is right).
Luke 16:23In the place where dead people wait for God to judge them, he was suffering great pain. He looked up and saw Abraham far away, and he saw Lazarus sitting close to Abraham.
Romans 12:12Rejoice because you are confidently awaiting what God will do for you! When you suffer, be patient! Keep praying and never give up!
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 →