18 There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
18 For surely there is an end;
18 Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
18 That's where your future lies. Then you won't be left with an armload of nothing.
18 For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off.
18 You will be rewarded for this; your hope will not be disappointed.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
14 Likewise knowledge, and wisdom for your soul - Get that and your future's secured, your hope is on solid rock.
14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul; If you have found it, there is a prospect, And your hope will not be cut off.
14 In the same way, wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, you will have a bright future, and your hopes will not be cut short.
(Read Proverbs 24:13-14)
We are quickened to the study of wisdom by considering both the pleasure and the profit of it. All men relish things that are sweet to the palate; but many have no relish for the things that are sweet to the purified soul, and that make us wise unto salvation.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 23:18
Commentary on Proverbs 23:17-18
(Read Proverbs 23:17-18)
The believer's expectation shall not be disappointed; the end of his trials, and of the sinner's prosperity, is at hand.