Proverbs 23:18

כִּי אִם ־ יֵשׁ אַחֲרִית וְתִקְוָתְךָ לֹא תִכָּרֵֽת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

In Context

17אַל ־ יְקַנֵּא לִבְּךָ בַּֽחַטָּאִים כִּי אִם ־ בְּיִרְאַת ־ יְהוָה כָּל ־ הַיּֽוֹם ׃

19שְׁמַע ־ אַתָּה בְנִי וַחֲכָם וְאַשֵּׁר בַּדֶּרֶךְ לִבֶּֽךָ ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 9:18יָשׁוּבוּ רְשָׁעִים לִשְׁאוֹלָה כָּל ־ גּוֹיִם שְׁכֵחֵי אֱלֹהִֽים ׃

Proverbs 24:14כֵּן ׀ דְּעֶה חָכְמָה לְנַפְשֶׁךָ אִם ־ מָצָאתָ וְיֵשׁ אַחֲרִית וְתִקְוָתְךָ לֹא תִכָּרֵֽת ׃ פ

Jeremiah 29:11כִּי אָנֹכִי יָדַעְתִּי אֶת ־ הַמַּחֲשָׁבֹת אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי חֹשֵׁב עֲלֵיכֶם נְאֻם ־ יְהוָה מַחְשְׁבוֹת שָׁלוֹם וְלֹא לְרָעָה לָתֵת לָכֶם אַחֲרִית וְתִקְוָֽה ׃

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 →

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