Proverbs 11:23

New International Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 10:17

You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

Psalm 119:10

I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

Psalm 119:5

Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees!

Psalm 27:4

One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him 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 prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.

Proverbs 11:24

One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

Proverbs 11:7

Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise of their power comes to nothing.

Proverbs 12:5

The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Proverbs 13:2

From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things, but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.

Isaiah 26:9

My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Jeremiah 17:16

I have not run away from being your shepherd; you know I have not desired the day of despair. What passes my lips is open before you.

Matthew 5:6

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

Hebrews 10:27

but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.