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Proverbs 23:18 KJV

Proverbs · chapter 23 · verse 18

For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.Proverbs 23:18 · King James Version

Proverbs 23:18 in context

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

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

18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

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

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

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Commentary

Here is, 1. A necessary caution against entertaining any favourable thoughts of prospering profaneness: "Let not thy heart envy sinners; do not grudge them either the liberty they take to sin or the success they are to be pitied rather than envied.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-18

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