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your hope will not be disappointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Certainly there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Surely there is a future [and a reward], And your hope <i>and</i> expectation will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For then you will have a future, and your hope will not be dashed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For then you will have a future, and your hope will never fade. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then you will truly have hope for the future. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For surely there is a reward; and thy hope shall not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />There is indeed a future, and your hope will never be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If it is, you have a bright future. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />for there is surely a future life, and what you hope for will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For surely there is an end; and thy expectation shall not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For is there a posterity? Then your hope is not cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />But there is a latter state, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For you will have hope in the end, and your expectation will not be taken away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For you will surely have a future, and your hope will not be cut off. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For surely you will have a future; and your hope shall not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For there will be a posterity for you, and your hope will not end.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For surely there is a future; And thy hope shall not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; and thine hope shall not be removed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/23-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=4697" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/23.htm">True Riches</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/3426.htm" title="3426: yêš (Adv) -- Being, substance, existence, is. ">there is</a> <a href="/hebrew/319.htm" title="319: ’a·ḥă·rîṯ (N-fs) -- The after-part, end. From 'achar; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity.">a future,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8615.htm" title="8615: wə·ṯiq·wā·ṯə·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A cord, expectancy. From qavah; literally, a cord (compare qaveh); figuratively, expectancy.">and your hope</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: ṯik·kā·rêṯ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">be cut off.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-11.htm">Jeremiah 29:11</a></span><br />For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-24.htm">Romans 8:24-25</a></span><br />For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see? / But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-1.htm">Hebrews 11:1</a></span><br />Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-37.htm">Psalm 37:37</a></span><br />Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-6.htm">Philippians 1:6</a></span><br />being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-3.htm">1 Peter 1:3-4</a></span><br />Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, / and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/9-18.htm">Psalm 9:18</a></span><br />For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-19.htm">1 Corinthians 15:19</a></span><br />If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-21.htm">Lamentations 3:21-23</a></span><br />Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: / Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-17.htm">2 Corinthians 4:17-18</a></span><br />For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. / So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/62-5.htm">Psalm 62:5</a></span><br />Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-5.htm">Colossians 1:5</a></span><br />the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a></span><br />But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/1-2.htm">Titus 1:2</a></span><br />in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-114.htm">Psalm 119:114</a></span><br />You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For surely there is an end; and your expectation shall not be cut off.</p><p class="hdg">surely</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/37-37.htm">Psalm 37:37</a></b></br> Mark the perfect <i>man</i>, and behold the upright: for the end of <i>that</i> man <i>is</i> peace.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/29-11.htm">Jeremiah 29:11</a></b></br> For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/16-25.htm">Luke 16:25</a></b></br> But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.</p><p class="hdg">end or reward</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm">Proverbs 24:14</a></b></br> So <i>shall</i> the knowledge of wisdom <i>be</i> unto thy soul: when thou hast found <i>it</i>, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/10-35.htm">Hebrews 10:35</a></b></br> Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.</p><p class="hdg">thine</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/9-18.htm">Psalm 9:18</a></b></br> For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall <i>not</i> perish for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/29-11.htm">Jeremiah 29:11</a></b></br> For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/1-20.htm">Philippians 1:20</a></b></br> According to my earnest expectation and <i>my</i> hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but <i>that</i> with all boldness, as always, <i>so</i> now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether <i>it be</i> by life, or by death.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/21-28.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/psalms/13-2.htm">Doubt</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-4.htm">End</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-23.htm">Expectation</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-20.htm">Future</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-18.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-5.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/psalms/109-13.htm">Posterity</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-4.htm">Result</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-4.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-5.htm">Surely</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-11.htm">Doubt</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-32.htm">End</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm">Expectation</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm">Future</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-10.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm">Posterity</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm">Result</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-28.htm">Surely</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/23-1.htm">Consider carefully what is before you</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It reassures believers of God's sovereign plan and the promise of eternal life. The Hebrew word for "future" can also mean "end" or "reward," suggesting both a temporal and eternal perspective. This aligns with <a href="/jeremiah/29-11.htm">Jeremiah 29:11</a>, where God promises a future and a hope. The assurance of a future is rooted in the covenant relationship between God and His people, reflecting His faithfulness and the ultimate fulfillment of His promises through Jesus Christ.<p><b>and your hope will not be cut off</b><br>Hope in the biblical sense is not mere wishful thinking but a confident expectation based on God's promises. This phrase assures believers that their hope, grounded in faith, will endure. The imagery of being "cut off" often refers to being separated from God's blessings or life itself, as seen in the Old Testament. Here, it reassures that such separation will not occur for those who trust in God. This connects to <a href="/romans/5-5.htm">Romans 5:5</a>, where hope does not disappoint because of God's love poured into our hearts. The ultimate hope is fulfilled in Christ, who secures our future and ensures that our hope remains steadfast.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>- Traditionally regarded as the author of Proverbs, Solomon was the son of King David and known for his wisdom. His writings often provide practical guidance for living a life that honors God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>- The nation to whom much of the Old Testament wisdom literature was originally addressed. The teachings in Proverbs were meant to guide the Israelites in their daily lives and spiritual walk.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wise_and_the_foolish.htm">The Wise and the Foolish</a></b><br>- Throughout Proverbs, these two archetypes are used to contrast those who follow God's wisdom with those who reject it.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/assurance_of_hope.htm">Assurance of Hope</a></b><br>The Hebrew word for "future" (acharit) implies an end or outcome. This suggests that God's promises are not just for the present but extend into the future, providing assurance that our hope in Him is secure.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_faith.htm">Endurance in Faith</a></b><br>The promise that "your hope will not be cut off" encourages believers to remain steadfast in their faith, trusting that God will fulfill His promises in His perfect timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_with_purpose.htm">Living with Purpose</a></b><br>Understanding that there is a future encourages us to live purposefully, aligning our actions with God's will and seeking His wisdom in our daily decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_as_a_motivator.htm">Hope as a Motivator</a></b><br>The certainty of a hopeful future should motivate us to pursue righteousness and avoid the pitfalls of foolishness, as outlined throughout Proverbs.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_the_new_man_in_the_story.htm">What are the torments of Sheol?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_jesus_mean_by_overcoming.htm">What does the Bible say about FOMO?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_proverbs_10_15_conflict_with_jesus.htm">Proverbs 10:15 depicts wealth as a 'fortified city'--does this conflict with Jesus' warnings about riches in the New Testament?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_proverbs_4_18_with_reality.htm">How do we reconcile Proverbs 4:18, claiming the righteous path grows ever brighter, with real-world moral ambiguity and suffering?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) An end, which shall be peace (<a href="/psalms/37-37.htm" title="Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.">Psalm 37:37</a>), corresponding to the "manifestation of the sons of God "(<a href="/romans/8-19.htm" title="For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.">Romans 8:19</a>), when we shall be "like" God (<a href="/1_john/3-2.htm" title="Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.">1John 3:2</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For surely there is</span> <span class="cmt_word">an end. PGBR> Some take the hemistich conditionally, rendering <span class="hebrew">אִם</span> "when," or "if the end comes;" but cue sees no object in the thought being expressed conditionally; and it is best. with the Authorized Version, Nowack, and others, to take <span class="hebrew">כִּי אִם</span> equivalent to "assuredly," as in <a href="/judges/15-7.htm">Judges 15:7</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/15-21.htm">2 Samuel 15:21</a>. "End" (<span class="accented">acharith</span>) is the glorious future that awaits the pious (<a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm">Proverbs 24:14</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/29-11.htm">Jeremiah 29:11</a>). The prosperity of simmers is not to be envied, for it is transitory and deceptive; but for the righteous, however depressed at times there is a happy end in prospect. <span class="cmt_word">And thine expectation</span> (<span class="accented">hope</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>shall not be cut off.</span> The hope of comfort here and reward hereafter shall be abundantly realized. The writer has a firm belief in the moral government of God, and in a future life which shall rectify all anomalies (comp. <a href="/proverbs/14-32.htm">Proverbs 14:32</a>; Wisd. 5:15, etc.; Ecclus. 1:13). Septuagint, "For if thou keep them, thou shalt haw posterity, and thy hope shall not be removed" (<a href="/psalms/37-9.htm">Psalm 37:9</a>; <a href="/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/23-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֭י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">surely</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there is</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵ֣שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(yêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3426.htm">Strong's 3426: </a> </span><span class="str2">Being, substance, existence, is</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a future,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרִ֑ית</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_319.htm">Strong's 319: </a> </span><span class="str2">The last, end, the future, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your hope</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯiq·wā·ṯə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8615.htm">Strong's 8615: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, expectancy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be cut off.</span><br /><span class="heb">תִכָּרֵֽת׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯik·kā·rêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/23-18.htm">Proverbs 23:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/23-18.htm">Proverbs 23:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/23-18.htm">Proverbs 23:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/23-18.htm">Proverbs 23:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/23-18.htm">Proverbs 23:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/23-18.htm">Proverbs 23:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/23-18.htm">Proverbs 23:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/23-18.htm">Proverbs 23:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/23-18.htm">Proverbs 23:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/23-18.htm">Proverbs 23:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/23-18.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 23:18 Indeed surely there is a future hope (Prov. 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