Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is an ende, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
In Context
19O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Cross References
Psalms 9:18For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish for euer.
Proverbs 24:14So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.
Jeremiah 29:11For I knowe the thoughtes, that I haue thought towards you, saith the Lord, euen the thoughtes of peace, and not of trouble, to giue you an ende, and your hope.
Romans 6:21What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those things is death.
Hebrews 10:35Cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompense of 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 →