Proverbs 11:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

Psalm 119:10

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

Psalm 119:5

Oh that my ways were established To observe 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

Delight thyself also in the LORD; And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Proverbs 11:24

There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.

Proverbs 11:7

When a wicked man dieth his expectation shall perish: And the hope of iniquity perisheth.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just: But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Proverbs 13:2

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: But the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence.

Isaiah 26:9

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Jeremiah 17:16

As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Hebrews 10:27

but a certain fearful expectation of judgement, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.