Proverbs 23:18
Surely there is a future 1 and your hope will not be cut off. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
In Context
17Do not let your heart envy sinners, 1 but continue in the fear of Yahweh all the day. 1
19Hear—you!—my son, and be wise 1 and direct your heart in the way. 1
Cross References
Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten, 1 nor will the hope of the oppressed be forever dashed. 1
Proverbs 24:14Such is wisdom for your soul— 1 if you find it, there will be a future 1 and your hope will not be cut off. 1
Jeremiah 29:11For I myself know the plans that I have for you—this is Yahweh's declaration—plans for peace and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Romans 6:21At that time, what fruit then did you have of the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.
Hebrews 10:35So do not throw away your confidence, which has a great 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 →