Proverbs 10:28
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָחַל
yâchal
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
שִׂמְחָה
simchâh
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
תִּקְוָה
tiqvâh
literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Key Terms in This Verse
תִּקְוָה tiqvâh
literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
Study H8615 →אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →Cross References
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
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