Focused Passage

Proverbs 10:28

The Righteous and the Wicked: Wisdom in Speech, Work, Wealth, and Life

The chapter moves as a concentrated collection rather than a single linear argument. Its repeated contrasts form a moral portrait of the righteous and the wicked, with major clusters around family, work, wealth, speech, discipline, desire, fear, and destiny.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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

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Verse 28

Original words

The hope תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת H8431 Noun - feminine singular construct of the righteous צַדִּיקִ֣ים H6662 Adjective - masculine plural is joy שִׂמְחָ֑ה H8057 Noun - feminine singular but the expectations וְתִקְוַ֖ת H8615 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct of the wicked רְשָׁעִ֣ים H7563 Adjective - masculine plural will perish תֹּאבֵֽד׃ H6 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular

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