Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 10:28
28The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked perishes.
Proverbs 10:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
- New International Version (NIV)The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The hope of the righteous will be gladness, But the expectation of the wicked will perish.
Context of Proverbs 10:28
26Like vinegar to the teeth or smoke to the eyes, so is a slacker to those who send him. 27The fear of Adonai prolongs life, but the years of the wicked are cut short. The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked perishes. 29The way of Adonai is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a ruin to those who do evil. 30The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:28 word by word
תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת צַדִּיקִ֣ים שִׂמְחָ֑ה וְתִקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֹּאבֵֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:28
- Psalms 16:9So my heart is glad and my soul rejoices. My body also rests secure.
- Psalms 73:24You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory.
- Romans 5:2Through Him we also have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand and boast in the hope of God’s glory.
- Romans 12:12rejoicing in hope, enduring in distress, persisting in prayer,
- Romans 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and shalom in trusting, so you may overflow with hope in the power of the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Yeshua the Messiah Himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
- Proverbs 11:7When the wicked dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of the strong vanishes.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked is brought down in his calamity yet the righteous has a refuge even in death.
- Job 8:13Such are the ways of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes—
- Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their only hope is their dying breath.”
- Psalms 112:10The wicked will see it and be indignant. He will gnash with his teeth and waste away. The desire of the wicked will perish.
- Luke 16:23And from Sheol, as he was in torment, he raised his eyes. And he sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his side.
Commentaries on Proverbs 10:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28The expectation of the wicked shall perish - A wicked man is always imposing on himself by the hope of God's mercy and final happiness; and he continues hoping, till he dies without receiving that mercy which alone would entitle him to that glory.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28Transpose “hope” and “expectation.” The expectant waiting of the righteous is joyful at the time, and ends in joy: the eager hope of the wicked comes to nought.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-28Verses 27-28 What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure to him life enough in this world, and eternal life in the other.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. gladness--in confidence of realizing it. expectation ... perish--in disappointment.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 10
- 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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