Proverbs 11:23

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation, 9 oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
  • Prov 10:28 : 28 The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.
  • Prov 11:7 : 7 When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.
  • Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
  • Jer 17:16 : 16 As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
  • Ps 10:17 : 17 Yahweh, 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 asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to see Yahweh's beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
  • Ps 37:4 : 4 Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
  • Ps 39:7-8 : 7 Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don't make me the reproach of the foolish.
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
  • Ps 119:10 : 10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.
  • Heb 10:27 : 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.

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    24 What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

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    10 The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

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    12 The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

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    5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

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    25 The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

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    18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

    19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

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    4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

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

    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

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    8 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

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    10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

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    15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

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    16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

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    21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

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    32 The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

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    31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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    16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

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    26 A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

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    10 Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

    11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

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    26 There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

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    3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

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    12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

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    6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

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

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    9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

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    18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

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

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    19 Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.

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    21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

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

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    32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

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    23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

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

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    15 It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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    21 Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

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    7 The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.

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    22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.