Proverbs 23:18

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For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

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  • Ps 9:18 : 18 The wicked will return to the grave, and so will all the nations that forget God.
  • Prov 24:14 : 14 In the same way, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  • Jer 29:11 : 11 For I know the plans I have for you—this is the LORD's declaration—plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Observe the blameless and consider the upright, for there is a future for the person of peace.
  • Prov 24:20 : 20 For the wicked have no future; the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.'
  • Rom 6:21-22 : 21 But what fruit did you produce then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death. 22 But now, having been freed from sin and bound to God, you have your fruit, which leads to sanctification—and the outcome is eternal life.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with all boldness, now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
  • Heb 10:35 : 35 So do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 14In the same way, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

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    27The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

    28The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

  • 17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but live in the fear of the Lord all day long.

  • 17There is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.

  • 18The wicked will return to the grave, and so will all the nations that forget God.

  • 34Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.

  • 19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right path.

  • Ps 37:37-38
    2 verses
    71%

    37Observe the blameless and consider the upright, for there is a future for the person of peace.

    38But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

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    21An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.

    22Do not say, 'I will repay evil'; wait for the Lord, and He will deliver you.

  • 12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

  • 7At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoots will not fail.

  • 23The desire of the righteous brings only good, but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

  • 6Isn't your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?

  • 3For the vision is yet for an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it may delay, wait for it, for it will surely come and will not be late.

  • Ps 37:7-10
    4 verses
    70%

    7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out wicked schemes.

    8Cease from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil.

    9For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD will inherit the land.

    10In a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

  • 7Surely, man goes about as a shadow; surely, they make an uproar over nothing; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will gather it.

  • 18You will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and rest safely.

  • 7When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the expectation of strength is lost.

  • 13But as for you, go your way until the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days, you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.

  • Job 8:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13Such is the fate of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.

    14Their confidence is easily cut off, and their trust is like a spider's web.

  • 18Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not desire his death.

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    18Otherwise, the LORD will see and disapprove, and He may turn His anger away from them.

    19Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy the wicked.

    20For the wicked have no future; the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.

  • 18Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing, and let a great ransom not turn you aside.

  • 18Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His steadfast love.

  • 23The fear of the LORD leads to life; one is content and rests untroubled by harm.

  • 11At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.

  • 20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will vanish from them; their only hope is the exhalation of life.

  • 18The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.

  • 11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that your hope may be fully realized.

  • 31For the Lord will not reject forever.

  • Eccl 8:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and lives a long time, I know that it will be well with those who fear God, who honor Him.

    13But it will not go well for the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not fear God.

  • 7Though your beginning was small, your future will be greatly increased.

  • 12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end leads to death.

  • 16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • 23Then you will walk safely on your path, and your foot will not stumble.

  • 20Listen to advice and accept discipline, so that you may become wise in the future.

  • 9They are joined to one another; they stick together and cannot be separated.

  • 26For the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.

  • 18So I say, 'My strength is gone, and so is my hope from the LORD.'

  • 15I have become like a man who does not hear and in whose mouth there are no rebukes.