Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous [is] joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.
Young's Literal Translation
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 Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.
29The way of Jehovah [is] strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity.
Cross References
Job 11:20And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!
Psalms 68:4Sing ye to God — praise His name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In Jah [is] His name, and exult before Him.
Psalms 112:10The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!
Proverbs 14:32In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death [is] the righteous.
Luke 16:23and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,
Romans 12:12in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;
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 →