Proverbs 23:18
Indeed surely there is a future hope,and your hope will not be cut off.
New Heart English 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;but rather fear the Lord all the day long.
19Listen, my son, and be wise,and keep your heart on the right path!
Cross References
Psalms 9:18For the needy shall not always be forgotten,nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
Proverbs 24:14so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul;if you have found it, then there will be a reward,your hope will not be cut off.
Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans that I have for you,' says the Lord, 'plans for your welfare, and not for calamity, to give you hope and a future.
Romans 6:21What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
Hebrews 10:35Therefore do not throw away your boldness, 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 →