Proverbs 10:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ The hope of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked (those who are out of harmony with God) comes to nothing.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ The hope of the righteous shall be gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Common English Bible

²⁸ The expectations of the righteous result in joy, but the hopes of the wicked will perish.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ The expectation of the just is rejoicing. But the hope of the impious will perish.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ The expectation of the just is joy; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

Proverbs 10:28 Cross References

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”

Job 8:13

Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked see it and are angry; they gnash their teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked comes to nothing.

Psalm 16:9

Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also rests secure.

Psalm 68:4

Sing to God; sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds— his name is the Lord— be exultant before him.

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous ends only in good, the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

Proverbs 11:7

When the wicked die, hope perishes, and the expectation of strength comes to nothing.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing, but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.

Proverbs 29:6

In the transgression of the evil there is a snare, but the righteous sing and rejoice.

Romans 12:12

Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; persevere in prayer.

Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 5:2

through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,