Proverbs 11:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תַּאֲוַ֣ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים אַךְ־ט֑וֹב תִּקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֶבְרָֽה׃

Transliteration

Taʾăwat ṣaddîqîm ʾak-ṭôb tiqwat rəšāʿîm ʿebrâ.

Grammar Details

• *Taʾăwat*: construct feminine singular noun - desire of
• *ṣaddîqîm*: masculine plural adjective/noun - righteous ones
• *ʾak-ṭôb*: adverb + masculine singular adjective/noun - only good
• *tiqwat*: construct feminine singular noun - hope of
• *rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective/noun - wicked ones
• *ʿebrâ*: feminine singular noun - wrath

Word Meanings

• *Taʾăwat*: desire/longing/craving
• *ṣaddîqîm*: righteous ones/just ones
• *ʾak*: only/surely/nevertheless
• *ṭôb*: good/pleasant/agreeable
• *tiqwat*: hope/expectation
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/criminals/guilty ones
• *ʿebrâ*: wrath/fury/anger/arrogance

Referenced Verses

• Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation, 9 tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
• Prov 10:28 : 28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
• Prov 11:7 : 7 When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.
• Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
• Jer 17:16 : 16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
• Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
• Ps 10:17 : 17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;
• Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
• Ps 37:4 : 4 Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
• Ps 39:7-8 : 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
• Ps 119:5 : 5 Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
• Ps 119:10 : 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
• Heb 10:27 : 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.