Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 23:18
18For then you will have a future, and your hope will not be dashed.
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
16My innermost being will celebrate when your lips say what is right. 17Don’t let your heart envy sinners; instead, always fear the Lord. For then you will have a future, and your hope will not be dashed. 19Listen, my son, and be wise; keep your mind on the right course. 20Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine or with those who gorge themselves on meat.
Read all of Proverbs 23Proverbs 23:18 word by word
כִּ֭י אִם־יֵ֣שׁ אַחֲרִ֑ית וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תִכָּרֵֽת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 23:18
- Psalms 37:37Watch the blameless and observe the upright, for the person of peace will have a future.
- Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans I have for you” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
- Luke 16:25“‘Son,’ Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
- Romans 6:21So what fruit was produced then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death.
- Proverbs 24:14realize that wisdom is the same for you. If you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will never fade.
- Hebrews 10:35So don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
- Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten; the hope of the oppressed will not perish forever.
- Philippians 1:20My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all courage, Christ will be highly honored 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
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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
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