Proverbs 10:28

Read in context

Proverbs 10:26–30 · Berean Standard Bible

26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.

27 The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

28 The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.

29 The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

30 The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

Hebrew words

Data created by STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Study Proverbs 10:28

Read the commentary on Proverbs 10

Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 16:9

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.

Psalms 73:24

You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

Psalms 73:25

Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.

Psalms 73:26

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Romans 5:2

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.

Romans 12:12

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

Romans 15:13

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.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

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,

Proverbs 11:7

When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

Job 8:13

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

Psalms 112:10

The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

Luke 16:23

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

Luke 16:24

So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

Luke 16:25

But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

Luke 16:26

And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’