Proverbs 11:23

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness. 9 There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,
  • Prov 10:28 : 28 The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked perishes.
  • Prov 11:7 : 7 When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and hope based on power has perished.
  • Isa 26:9 : 9 I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.
  • Jer 17:16 : 16 But I have not pestered you to bring disaster. I have not desired the time of irreparable devastation. You know that. You are fully aware of every word that I have spoken.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
  • Ps 10:17 : 17 LORD, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 I have asked the LORD for one thing– this is what I desire! I want to live in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the LORD and contemplate in his temple.
  • Ps 37:4 : 4 Then you will take delight in the LORD, and he will answer your prayers.
  • Ps 39:7-8 : 7 But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope! 8 Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools’ insults!
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes!
  • Ps 119:10 : 10 With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!
  • Heb 10:27 : 27 but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.

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    28The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked perishes.

    29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

  • Prov 10:24
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    24What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

  • Prov 12:12
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    12The wicked person has desired the stronghold of the wicked, but the root of the righteous will yield fruit.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked will be empty.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

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

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

    7When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and hope based on power has perished.

    8A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.

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    10The appetite of the wicked has desired evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

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    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

  • Ps 37:16
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    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

    11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Ps 10:3
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    3Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the LORD.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Prov 13:9
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    9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

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    28The heart of the righteous considers how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

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    3The LORD satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

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    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

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    12Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

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    19A desire fulfilled will be sweet to the soul, but fools abhor turning away from evil.

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    21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

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    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

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    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

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    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Job 22:18-19
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    18But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

    19The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,

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    15Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

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    10When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

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    11The speech of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

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    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

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    22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.