Proverbs 10:28
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The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.
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21 The lips of the righteous edify many; But fools die through want of understanding.
Open source ↗Hitherto we have been in the porch or preface to the proverbs, here they begin. They are short but weighty sentences; most of them are distichs, two sentences in one verse, illustrating each other; but it is seldom that there is any coherence between the verses, much less any thread of discourse, and therefore in these chapters we need not attempt to reduce the contents to their proper heads, the several sentences will appear best in their own places. The scope of them all is to set before us good and evil, the blessing and the curse. Many of the proverbs in this chapter relate to the good government of the tongue, without which men's religion is vain.
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Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.