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Proverbs 23:18

HopeThe future and plansGod's faithfulness

16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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BSB
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
KJV
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
WEB
Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
ASV
For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.
DARBY
for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
BLB
For surely there is a posterity, and your hope will not be cut off.
ÅB
Sannelig, det er en fremtid for deg, og ditt håp skal ikke bli til intet.
OTB
Sannelig er det et fremtidshåp for deg, og ditt håp vil ikke bli avskåret.
B1930
Sannelig, det er en fremtid for dig, og ditt håp skal ikke bli til intet.

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  • Hebrews 10:35

    Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

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  • Jeremiah 29:11

    For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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  • Psalms 9:18

    For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

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  • Proverbs 24:14

    So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

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  • Philippians 1:20

    According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

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  • Proverbs 24:20

    For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

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  • Romans 6:21–22

    What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

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  • Psalms 37:37

    Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

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