Proverbs 10:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

What the wicked dread will come upon them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: But the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The thing a wicked man fears shall come upon him, but the desire of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be granted.

American Standard Version (1901)

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Common English Bible

What the wicked dread will come on them, but what the righteous desire will be given to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

What the impious fear will overwhelm them. The just shall be given their desire.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just their desire shall be given.

Proverbs 10:24 Cross References

Job 15:21

Terrifying sounds are in their ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon them.

Job 3:25

Truly the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me.

Psalm 145:19

He fulfills the desire of all who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.

Psalm 21:2

You have given him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

Psalm 37:4

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you,

Proverbs 1:27

when panic strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Isaiah 66:4

so I will choose their punishments and bring upon them what they fear, because, when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen, but they did what was evil in my sight and chose what did not please me.

Ezekiel 11:8

You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, says the Lord God.

Daniel 4:28

All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.

Matthew 5:6

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

John 14:18

“I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you.

John 16:24

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

Hebrews 10:27

but a fearful prospect of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.