Proverbs 10:28
28 The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.
Other Translations of Proverbs 10:28
King James Version
28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
English Standard Version
28 The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
The Message
28 The aspirations of good people end in celebration; the ambitions of bad people crash.
New King James Version
28 The hope of the righteous will be gladness, But the expectation of the wicked will perish.
New Living Translation
28 The hopes of the godly result in happiness, but the expectations of the wicked come to nothing.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 10:28
Commentary on Proverbs 10:27-28
(Read Proverbs 10:27-28)
What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure to him life enough in this world, and eternal life in the other.