Verse 23

The desire of the righteous `is' only good, The hope of the wicked `is' transgression.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 2:8-9 : 8 and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath, 9 tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;
• Prov 10:28 : 28 The hope of the righteous `is' joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.
• Prov 11:7 : 7 In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.
• Isa 26:9 : 9 `With' my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, `with' my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments `are' on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.
• Jer 17:16 : 16 And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou -- Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,
• Matt 5:6 : 6 `Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness -- because they shall be filled.
• Ps 10:17 : 17 The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,
• Ps 27:4 : 4 One `thing' I asked of Jehovah -- it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.
• Ps 37:4 : 4 And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.
• Ps 39:7-8 : 7 And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it `is' of Thee. 8 From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.
• Ps 119:5 : 5 O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
• Ps 119:10 : 10 With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
• Heb 10:27 : 27 but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery zeal, about to devour the opposers;