Proverbs 23:18

Proverbs 23:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
• New International Version (NIV)There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off.

Context of Proverbs 23:18

16Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things. 17Let not thy heart envy sinners; Butbe thouin the fear of Jehovah all the day long: For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off. 19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way. 20Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

Proverbs 23:18 word by word

כִּ֭י אִם־יֵ֣שׁ אַחֲרִ֑ית וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תִכָּרֵֽת׃Read the interlinear

• hopeתִּקְוָהtiqvâh · hopeH8615
• cutכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772

Cross-references for Proverbs 23:18

• Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is ahappyend to the man of peace.
• Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
• Luke 16:25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.
• Romans 6:21What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
• Proverbs 24:14So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off.
• Hebrews 10:35Cast not away therefore your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward.
• Psalms 9:18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
• Philippians 1:20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

Commentaries on Proverbs 23:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Surely there is an end - אחרית יש yesh acharith, there is another life; "and thy expectation" of the enjoyment of a blessed immortality "shall not be cut off." The Old MS. Bible reads thus: For thou schalt hab hop in the last: and thin abiiding schal not ben taken awei. "For the ende is not yet come; and thy patient abydinge shal not be in vayne." - Coverdale.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-35Verses 15-35 Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple‘s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. Reins - See Job 19:27 note. Proverbs 23:17 Envy sinners - Compare in Psalm 37:1; Psalm 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb “envy” with the second clause, “envy not sinners, but…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-18Verses 17-18 The believer's expectation shall not be disappointed; the end of his trials, and of the sinner's prosperity, is at hand.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18Saying 14: Sometimes sinners succeed, but the wise know that fearing the Lord brings true rewards (see Proverbs 1:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. (Compare Margin). The prosperity of the wicked is short.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 23:18

• Hope
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Clothe
• Correction
• Dainty
• Desirous
• Drunkard
• Poverty
• Riotous
• Sell
• Wine
• End

Commentaries on Proverbs 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings