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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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 9:18 : 18 for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.
  • Prov 24:14 : 14 Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  • Jer 29:11 : 11 For I know what I have planned for you,’ says the LORD.‘I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the upright! For the one who promotes peace has a future.
  • Prov 24:20 : 20 for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said,‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
  • Rom 6:21-22 : 21 So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.
  • Heb 10:35 : 35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:14
    77%

    14Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 10:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27Fearing the LORD prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened.

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

  • Prov 23:17
    74%

    17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the LORD all the time.

  • Jer 31:17
    73%

    17Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. Your children will return to their own territory. I, the LORD, affirm it!

  • Ps 9:18
    73%

    18for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

  • Ps 37:34
    72%

    34Rely on the LORD! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

  • Prov 23:19
    71%

    19Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

  • Ps 37:37-38
    2 verses
    71%

    37Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the upright! For the one who promotes peace has a future.

    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

  • Prov 20:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

    22Do not say,“I will pay back evil!” Wait for the LORD, so that he may vindicate you.

  • Prov 13:12
    71%

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

  • Job 14:7
    70%

    7The Inevitability of Death“But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

  • Prov 11:23
    70%

    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Job 4:6
    70%

    6Is not your piety your confidence, and your blameless ways your hope?

  • Hab 2:3
    70%

    3For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass– it will not arrive late.

  • Ps 37:7-10
    4 verses
    70%

    7Wait patiently for the LORD! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

    8Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

    9Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the LORD are the ones who will possess the land.

    10Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

  • Ps 39:7
    70%

    7But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope!

  • Job 11:18
    70%

    18And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety.

  • Prov 11:7
    70%

    7When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and hope based on power has perished.

  • Dan 12:13
    69%

    13But you should go your way until the end. You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive what you have been allotted.”

  • Job 8:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,

    14whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider’s web.

  • Prov 19:18
    69%

    18Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

  • Prov 24:18-20
    3 verses
    69%

    18lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

    19Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

    20for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

  • Job 36:18
    69%

    18Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

  • Ps 33:18
    69%

    18Look, the LORD takes notice of his loyal followers, those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness

  • Prov 19:23
    69%

    23Fearing the LORD leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

  • Prov 5:11
    69%

    11And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.

  • Job 11:20
    69%

    20But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”

  • Ps 37:18
    68%

    18The LORD watches over the innocent day by day and they possess a permanent inheritance.

  • Heb 6:11
    68%

    11But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

  • Lam 3:31
    68%

    31כ(Kaf) For the Lord will not reject us forever.

  • Eccl 8:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people– for they stand in fear before him.

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

  • Job 8:7
    68%

    7Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.

  • Prov 14:12
    68%

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

  • Job 5:16
    68%

    16Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

  • Prov 3:23
    68%

    23Then you will walk on your way with security, and you will not stumble.

  • Prov 19:20
    68%

    20Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.

  • Job 41:9
    68%

    9(41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.

  • Prov 3:26
    68%

    26for the LORD will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap.

  • Lam 3:18
    68%

    18So I said,“My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD.”

  • Ps 38:15
    68%

    15Yet I wait for you, O LORD! You will respond, O Lord, my God!