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

16And my innermost being will rejoice When your lips speak what is right. 17Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of the Lord always. Certainly there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. 19Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way. 20Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;

Proverbs 23:18 word by word

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

• Certainlyכִּי [אם]kîy · that if: exceptH3588
• Certainly[כִּי] אם'im · if: exceptH518
• thereיֵשׁyêsh · thereH3426
• futureאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• hopeתִּקְוָהtiqvâh · hopeH8615
• will not be cutכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772

Cross-references for Proverbs 23:18

• Psalms 37:37Observe the blameless person, and look at the upright; For the person of peace will have a future.
• Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
• Luke 16:25But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.
• Romans 6:21Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.
• Proverbs 24:14Know that wisdom is the same for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off.
• Hebrews 10:35Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
• Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
• Philippians 1:20according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted 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
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In the dictionaries

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• Dainty
• Desirous
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• 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