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Proverbs 10:28 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 10 · verse 28
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.Proverbs 10:28 · King James Version
Proverbs 10:28 in context
26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
27The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
28The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
30The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- expectationtiqvâhliterally a cordH8615 →
- righteoustsaddîyqjustH6662 →
- gladnesssimchâhblithesomeness or gleeH8057 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- hopetôwchelethexpectationH8431 →
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Observe, 1. Religion lengthens men's lives and crowns their hopes. What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure him from many things that would prejudice his life, and secure to him life enough in this world and eternal life in the other;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-28