Proverbs 11:23

Modern King James Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 10:17

Jehovah, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart, You will cause Your ear to hear,

Psalm 119:10

With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me wander from Your Commandments.

Psalm 119:5

O that my ways were fixed to keep Your Precepts!

Psalm 27:4

One thing I have desired from Jehovah, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to pray in His temple.

Psalm 37:4

Delight yourself also in Jehovah, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

Proverbs 11:24

There is one who scatters and yet increases; but one who withholds just due comes only to poverty.

Proverbs 11:7

When a wicked man dies, his hope shall perish; and the hope of evil ones shall be lost.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Proverbs 13:2

From the fruit of his mouth a man shall eat good, but the soul of the treacherous eats violence.

Isaiah 26:9

With my soul I desired You in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Jeremiah 17:16

I have not hurried away from shepherding after You; nor have I desired the woeful day; You surely know the going forth of my lips before Your face.

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness! For they shall be filled.

Hebrews 10:27

but a certain fearful looking for judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.