Proverbs 11:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Matthew 5:6

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

Psalm 37:4

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Jeremiah 17:16

But I have not run away from being a shepherd in your service, nor have I desired the fatal day. You know what came from my lips; it was before your face.

Isaiah 26:9

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

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

Psalm 10:17

O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

Hebrews 10:27

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

Proverbs 11:7

When the wicked die, hope perishes, and the expectation of strength comes to nothing.

Psalm 119:10

With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments.

Psalm 119:5

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

Psalm 27:4

One thing I asked of the Lord; this I seek: to live 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.

Proverbs 11:24

Some give freely yet grow all the richer; others withhold what is due and only suffer want.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.

Proverbs 13:2

From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things, but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.