Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is an end; (h) and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
(h) The prosperity of the wicked will not continue.
For surely there is an end; (h) and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
(h) The prosperity of the wicked will not continue.
Verse Proverbs 23:18. _SURELY THERE IS AN END_] יש אחרית _yesh acharith_, there is _another_ life; "and thy expectation" of the enjoyment of a blessed immortality "shall not be cut off." The Old MS....
Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter...
CHAPTER 23 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The opening proverbs of this chapter treat of self-restraint in curbing the appetite and give manners to be observed in the presence of a superior. Warnings against r...
It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what (_m...
AN END. a hereafter, or latter end. EXPECTATION. Hebrew. _tikvah._ See note on Proverbs 10:28....
_an end_ See Proverbs 24:14; Proverbs 24:20; in both which places A.V. renders the same Heb. word, _reward_, as it does here in the margin, and as R.V. does in all three places in the text. It is perh...
DISCOURSE: 804 THE FEAR OF GOD ALL THE DAY Proverbs 23:17. _Be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long: for surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off_. THE men of this...
FOR SURELY THERE IS AN END— Hebrew אחרית _acherith, a future state._ This is one of the places where some have rendered _acherith_ by _a reward,_ and Le Clerc among the rest. But to limit the reward t...
TEXT Proverbs 23:13-23 13. Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. 14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol...
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. FOR SURELY THERE IS AN END - there is coming the wished-for end, the reward of piety (; ; ; contrast...
23:18 result, (d-6) Or 'end;' 'future,' as ch. 24.14,20. Psalms 37:37 . see Note k, ver. 32....
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
END] lit. 'latter end,' crowning the life....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat!...
Perhaps you are jealous because some evil people are wealthy. Or they are famous, or important (Psalms 73:3-5). But you must desire the right things. So do not be jealous when you see evil people. Ins...
An end, which shall be peace (Psalms 37:37), corresponding to the “manifestation of the sons of God “(Romans 8:19), when we shall be “like” God (1 John 3:2)....
כִּ֭י אִם ־יֵ֣שׁ אַחֲרִ֑ית וְ֝ תִקְוָתְךָ֗ לֹ
CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6 "Withhold not correction from the...
At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still proverbial, it takes the form of longer discourses...
_Thou. Protestants, "surely there is an end." Marginal note, "reward." (Haydock) --- The testimony of a good conscience affords the greatest comfort in death. Septuagint, "if thou observe these things...
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Nothing can be more conclusive; by way o...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
FOR SURELY THERE IS AN END,.... Both of the prosperity of the wicked, which is but for a short time; and of the afflictions of the righteous, which are but as it were for a moment; and therefore there...
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Ver. 18. _For surely there is an end,_] viz., Of their pomp and prosperity. _Dum faenea quadam felicitate temporaliter floreant...
_Let not thy heart envy sinners_ Let not the consideration of their present impunity and prosperity excite thee either to envy them, or to approve and imitate their evil courses; _but be thou in the f...
V. 18. FOR SURELY THERE IS AN END, the end, the Day of Judgment, will surely come; AND THINE EXPECTATION SHALL NOT BE CUT OFF, God will then fulfill the hopes of the righteous and give them the joys o...
END: Or, reward...
AN END; an expected and happy end for such as fear God, which was required, PROVERBS 23:17. Or, A REWARD, as this Hebrew word is rendered, PROVERBS 24:20. THINE EXPECTATION SHALL NOT BE CUT OFF; thou...
Proverbs 23:18 is H3426 hereafter H319 hope H8615 off H3772 (H8735) surely - Psalms 37:37;...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: The indulgence of the appetites is a sin that easily besets us. We should apprehend ourselves to be in danger when...
Proverbs 23:1. _When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,_ and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, _put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite._ How many have stained...
_Surely there is an end._ THE END Let religion be the very atmosphere in which you live and move and have your being; and the reason for this is, “surely there is an end.” I. The solemn certainty w...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 23:17 Instead of envying those who ignore God’s way, pleasing the Lord should be the believer’s top priority (v. Proverbs 23:17). Such a path is the only true...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 23:17. LET NOT THINE HEART ENVY, etc. The verb translated _envy_ refers to both objects in the verse, and is better translated “_strive after_.” Miller renders it “_be aglow...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 23:1 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the guest of kings....
Now the next three verses are coupled together. When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite. Be not de...
Hebrews 10:35; Jeremiah 29:11; Luke 16:25; Philippians 1:20;...
An end — An expected and happy end for such as fear God....