Proverbs 11:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²³ 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

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good: But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ The desire of the [consistently] righteous brings only good, but the expectation of the wicked brings wrath.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Common English Bible

²³ The desires of the righteous end up well, but the expectations of the wicked bring wrath.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ The desire of the just is entirely good. The anticipation of the impious is fury.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ 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, thou wilt hear the desire of the meek; thou wilt strengthen their heart, thou wilt incline thy ear

Psalm 119:10

With my whole heart I seek thee; let me not wander from thy commandments!

Psalm 119:5

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

Psalm 27:4

One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell 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 naught.

Proverbs 11:24

One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

Proverbs 11:7

When the wicked dies, his hope perishes, and the expectation of the godless comes to naught.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are treacherous.

Proverbs 13:2

From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

Isaiah 26:9

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

Jeremiah 17:16

I have not pressed thee to send evil, nor have I desired the day of disaster, thou knowest; that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

Matthew 5:6

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

Hebrews 10:27

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