Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
BSB
ASV
For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.
KJV
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
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 hab hop in the last: and thin abiiding schal not ben taken awei. “For the ende is not yet come; and thy patient abydinge shal not be in vayne.” - Coverdale.
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Jeremiah 29:11For 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.
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“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I…
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
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Hebrews 10:35So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
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Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.