Proverbs 10:28
The patient abiding of the righteous shall be gladnesse: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
In Context
27The feare of the Lord increaseth the dayes: but the yeeres of the wicked shalbe diminished.
29The way of the Lord is strength to the vpright man: but feare shall be for the workers of iniquitie.
Cross References
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.
Psalms 68:4Sing vnto God, and sing prayses vnto his name: exalt him that rideth vpon the heauens, in his Name Iah, and reioyce before him.
Psalms 112:10The wicked shall see it and be angrie: he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 14:32The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Luke 16:23And being in hell in torments, he lift vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre off, and Lazarus in his bosome.
Romans 12:12Reioycing in hope, pacient in tribulation, continuing in prayer,
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 →