Proverbs 11:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 2:8-9 : 8 But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath, 9 Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek;
  • Prov 10:28 : 28 The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.
  • Prov 11:7 : 7 At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.
  • Isa 26:9 : 9 In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.
  • Jer 17:16 : 16 As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
  • Ps 10:17 : 17 Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
  • Ps 37:4 : 4 So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.
  • Ps 39:7-8 : 7 And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you. 8 Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!
  • Ps 119:10 : 10 I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.
  • Heb 10:27 : 27 But only a great fear of being judged, and of the fire of wrath which will be the destruction of the haters of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:28-29
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    28The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

    29The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 10:24
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    24The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

  • Prov 12:12
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    12The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

  • Prov 12:5
    76%

    5The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

    19So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

  • Prov 11:4-8
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    4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

    5The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

    6The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

    7At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

    8The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

  • Prov 21:10
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    10The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • Ps 37:16
    74%

    16The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Prov 21:7
    74%

    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    10Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

    11Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

  • Prov 21:26
    74%

    26All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

  • Ps 10:3
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    3For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 13:9
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    9There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

  • Prov 10:3
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    3The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

  • Prov 11:27
    73%

    27He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

  • Ps 37:12
    73%

    12The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

  • Prov 13:19
    73%

    19To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.

  • Prov 13:21
    73%

    21Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

  • Prov 13:12
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    12Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

  • Job 22:18-19
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    73%

    18Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

    19The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,

  • Prov 21:15
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    15It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Prov 11:10
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    10When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

  • Prov 15:6
    72%

    6In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

  • Prov 11:22
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    22Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.