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Proverbs 11:23
23Righteous people want good things to happen. Wicked people only hope to cause anger.
Proverbs 11:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
- New International Version (NIV)The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The desire of the righteous ends only in good, the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Context of Proverbs 11:23
21Be sure about this: Evil people will receive the punishment that they deserve. But people who are righteous will escape. 22A beautiful woman who turns away from wisdom is like a gold ring in a pig's nose. Righteous people want good things to happen. Wicked people only hope to cause anger. 24Somebody may share his things with other people, but he still becomes richer. Somebody else may keep the things that he should give to others, but he still becomes poor. 25If you help other people with your money, you will do well. If you give water to thirsty people, you will not be thirsty yourself.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:23 word by word
תַּאֲוַ֣ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים אַךְ־ט֑וֹב תִּקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֶבְרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 11:23
- Psalms 10:17You, Lord, hear the prayers of people who are suffering. When they ask you to help them, you make them feel strong.
- Psalms 27:4There is one thing that I have asked the Lord to do for me. This is the one thing that I really want: I want to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life. Then I will clearly see the Lord's beauty. I will pray to him in his temple.
- Psalms 37:4Be happy that the Lord is your friend. He will give you what you most want.
- Psalms 39:7So, my Lord, what help can I hope to get? You are the only one that I can really trust!
- Psalms 119:5I want to be able to obey your laws all the time.
- Isaiah 26:9During the night, I think about you a lot. When morning arrives, I want to be near to you in my spirit. When you come to judge people on the earth, then people will understand your justice.
- Jeremiah 17:16Lord, I have not stopped taking care of your people. I have never asked you to destroy them on one final day. You know that, and you know everything that I have said.
- Matthew 5:6Happy are the people who want to obey God, as much as they want to eat food. God will give to them everything that they need.
- Proverbs 11:7When a wicked person dies, he has no hope for anything good. Everything that he hoped his strength would give him disappears!
- Proverbs 10:28What good people hope to receive causes them to be happy. But wicked people never receive what they hope for.
- Romans 2:8But other people think only about themselves. They refuse to obey God's true message. Instead, they continue to do things that are wrong. God will be very angry with people like that and he will punish them.
- Hebrews 10:27We know that God will judge us, and that will make us very afraid. Because we know that God will punish everyone who is against him. That punishment will be a very hot fire that destroys people.
Commentaries on Proverbs 11:23
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23Verse 23 The wicked desire mischief to others, but it shall return upon themselves.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23In the short term, bad people might succeed and good people might face hardships, but the future will correct this imbalance.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. (Compare Pr 10:28). wrath--is that of God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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