Proverbs 23:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 9:18 : 18 For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.
  • Prov 24:14 : 14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  • Jer 29:11 : 11 For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.
  • Prov 24:20 : 20 For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
  • Rom 6:21-22 : 21 What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death. 22 But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.
  • Heb 10:35 : 35 So do not give up your hope which will be greatly rewarded.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:14
    77%

    14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 10:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27 The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.

    28 The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

  • Prov 23:17
    74%

    17 Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

  • Jer 31:17
    73%

    17 And there is hope for the future, says the Lord; and your children will come back to the land which is theirs.

  • Ps 9:18
    73%

    18 For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

  • Ps 37:34
    72%

    34 Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.

  • Prov 23:19
    71%

    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Ps 37:37-38
    2 verses
    71%

    37 Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.

    38 But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

  • Prov 20:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21 A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

    22 Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.

  • Prov 13:12
    71%

    12 Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

  • Job 14:7
    70%

    7 For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.

  • Prov 11:23
    70%

    23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Job 4:6
    70%

    6 Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?

  • Hab 2:3
    70%

    3 For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.

  • Ps 37:7-10
    4 verses
    70%

    7 Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

    8 Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

    9 For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

    10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

  • Ps 39:7
    70%

    7 And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.

  • Job 11:18
    70%

    18 And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

  • Prov 11:7
    70%

    7 At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

  • Dan 12:13
    69%

    13 But you, go on your way and take your rest: for you will be in your place at the end of the days.

  • Job 8:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13 So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:

    14 Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread.

  • Prov 19:18
    69%

    18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

  • Prov 24:18-20
    3 verses
    69%

    18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

    19 Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

    20 For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

  • Job 36:18
    69%

    18 ...

  • Ps 33:18
    69%

    18 See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

  • Prov 19:23
    69%

    23 The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

  • Prov 5:11
    69%

    11 And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;

  • Job 11:20
    69%

    20 But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.

  • Ps 37:18
    68%

    18 The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever.

  • Heb 6:11
    68%

    11 And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:

  • Lam 3:31
    68%

    31 For the Lord does not give a man up for ever.

  • Eccl 8:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

    13 But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

  • Job 8:7
    68%

    7 And though your start was small, your end will be very great.

  • Prov 14:12
    68%

    12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

  • Job 5:16
    68%

    16 So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

  • Prov 3:23
    68%

    23 Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.

  • Prov 19:20
    68%

    20 Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.

  • Job 41:9
    68%

    9 His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn.

  • Prov 3:26
    68%

    26 For the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net.

  • Lam 3:18
    68%

    18 And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.

  • Ps 38:15
    68%

    15 In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.