Proverbs 23:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.”
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BSBPD
“For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 23:18 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
- Psalms 37:37Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
- Proverbs 24:14Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
- Proverbs 24:20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
- Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
- Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
- Romans 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
- Philippians 1:20I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
- Hebrews 10:35So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
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