Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 11:23
23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the hope of the wicked only wrath.
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, the evil will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered. 22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. The desire of the righteous is only good, but the hope of the wicked only wrath. 24One gives freely, yet gains even more. Another withholds unjustly, and comes to poverty. 25A soul who blesses will prosper, and one who gives water will himself be satisfied.
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 hear, Adonai, the desire of the meek. You encourage them and incline Your ear.
- Psalms 27:4One thing have I asked of Adonai, that will I seek: to dwell in the House of Adonai all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Adonai, and to meditate in His Temple.
- Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in Adonai, and He will give you the requests of your heart.
- Psalms 39:7Everyone goes about as a mere phantom. Surely they are making an uproar in vain, heaping up stuff— yet not knowing who will gather it.
- Psalms 119:5Oh that my ways were steadfast to observe Your decrees!
- Isaiah 26:9My soul longs for You at night, yes, my spirit within me seeks You. For when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
- Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I have not run away from being a shepherd after You, nor have I desired the woeful day. What came out of my lips You know—it was before You.
- Matthew 5:6“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
- Proverbs 11:7When the wicked dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of the strong vanishes.
- Proverbs 10:28The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked perishes.
- Romans 2:8But to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—wrath and fury.
- Hebrews 10:27but only a terrifying expectation of judgment and a fury of fire about to devour the enemies of God.
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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