Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
In Context
27The fear of the LORD prolongs days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Cross References
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the spirit.
Psalms 68:4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rides upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Psalms 112:10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
Luke 16:23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Romans 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant 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 →