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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:18

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. Bible reads thus: For thou schalt hav hop in the last: and thin abiiding schal not ben taken awei. "For the ende is not yet come; and thy pacient abydinge shal not be in vayne." - COVERDALE.

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See also Proverbs 23:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AN END. a hereafter, or latter end. EXPECTATION. Hebrew. _tikvah._ See note on Proverbs 10:28....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    23:18 result, (d-6) Or 'end;' 'future,' as ch. 24.14,20. Psalms 37:37 . see Note k, ver. 32....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    END] lit. 'latter end,' crowning the life....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat!...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֭י אִם ־יֵ֣שׁ אַחֲרִ֑ית וְ֝ תִקְוָתְךָ֗ לֹ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For surely there is an end; (h) and thy expectation shall not be cut off. (h) The prosperity of the wicked will not continue....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    END: Or, reward...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 23:18 is H3426 hereafter H319 hope H8615 off H3772 (H8735) surely - Psalms 37:37;...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Hebrews 10:35; Jeremiah 29:11; Luke 16:25; Philippians 1:20;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    An end — An expected and happy end for such as fear God....

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