Proverbs 11:23

New English Translation

What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.

Cross References

Psalm 10:17

Lord, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.

Psalm 119:10

With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

Psalm 119:5

If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes!

Psalm 27:4

I have asked the Lord for one thing – this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.

Psalm 37:4

Then you will take delight in the Lord, and he will answer your prayers.

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled.

Proverbs 11:24

One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

Proverbs 11:7

When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes.

Proverbs 12:5

The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Proverbs 13:2

From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the faithless desire the fruit of violence.

Isaiah 26:9

I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.

Jeremiah 17:16

But I have not pestered you to bring disaster. I have not desired the time of irreparable devastation. You know that. You are fully aware of every word that I have spoken.

Matthew 5:6

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

Hebrews 10:27

but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.