Proverbs 11:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The desire of the righteous is only good: But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The desire of the [consistently] righteous brings only good, but the expectation of the wicked brings wrath.

American Standard Version (1901)

The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Common English Bible

The desires of the righteous end up well, but the expectations of the wicked bring wrath.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The desire of the just is entirely good. The anticipation of the impious is fury.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The desire of the just is all good: the expectation of the wicked is indignation.

Proverbs 11:23 Cross References

Psalm 10:17

O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

Psalm 119:10

With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments.

Psalm 119:5

O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!

Psalm 27:4

One thing I asked of the Lord; this I seek: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

Psalm 37:4

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

Proverbs 10:28

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

Proverbs 11:24

Some give freely yet grow all the richer; others withhold what is due and only suffer want.

Proverbs 11:7

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

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.

Proverbs 13:2

From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things, but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.

Isaiah 26:9

My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Jeremiah 17:16

But I have not run away from being a shepherd in your service, nor have I desired the fatal day. You know what came from my lips; it was before your face.

Matthew 5:6

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

Hebrews 10:27

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