Proverbs 11:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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  • Rom 2:8-9 : 8 But to those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
  • 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 dies, his hope shall perish, and the expectation of unjust men perishes.
  • Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
  • Jer 17:16 : 16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd to follow you: neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was right before you.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.
  • Ps 10:17 : 17 LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell 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.
  • Ps 37:4 : 4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
  • Ps 39:7-8 : 7 And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in you. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 Oh that my ways were directed to keep Your statutes!
  • Ps 119:10 : 10 With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments.
  • Heb 10:27 : 27 But a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which will devour the adversaries.

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  • Prov 10:28-29
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    28The hope of the righteous shall be gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

    29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 10:24
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    24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him, but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

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    10The wicked shall see it and be grieved; he shall gnash his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.

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    12The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

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    5The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

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  • Prov 11:4-8
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    4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but transgressors shall be captured by their own evil.

    7When a wicked man dies, his hope shall perish, and the expectation of unjust men perishes.

    8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

  • Prov 21:10
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    10The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

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    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

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    32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

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    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.

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    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

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    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    10Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

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  • Prov 21:26
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    26He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

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    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

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    6Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

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    19The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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    9The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

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    18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

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    27He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

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    12The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth.

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    21Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

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    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

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    18Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

    19The righteous see it and are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

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    15It is a joy for the just to do justice, but destruction awaits the workers of iniquity.

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    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

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    10When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there is celebration.

  • Prov 29:7
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    22As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a lovely woman without discretion.