Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
In Context
17Let not thy heart be envious of sinners, only of the reverence of Yahweh, all day long;
19Hear, thou, my son, and be wise, and lead forward, in duty, thy heart.
Cross References
Psalms 9:18For, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten,—[nor,] the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever.
Proverbs 24:14Thus, take knowledge of wisdom, for thine own soul; If thou find it, then there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.
Jeremiah 29:11For, I, know the plans which I am planning for you Declareth Yahweh,—Plans of welfare and not of calamity, To give you a future and a hope.
Romans 6:21What fruit, therefore, had ye then—in things for which ye now are taking shame to yourselves? For, the end of those things, is death.
Hebrews 10:35Do not, then, cast away your freedom of speech,—the which hath a great recompense.
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 →