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Proverbs 11:23
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The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Those who do right only wish for good, but the wicked can expect to be defeated by God's anger.
What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.
The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.
The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
The desire of the righteous brings only good, But the expectation of the wicked brings wrath.
The desire of the righteous ends only in good, the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
The desir of iust men is al good; abiding of wickid men is woodnesse.
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
Good people want what is best, but troublemakers hope to stir up trouble.
The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.
The righteous desire only good, but what the wicked hope for brings wrath.
The desire of the righteous is only good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
What good people want brings more good. What evil people want brings more trouble.
The desire of the righteous is only good; but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
The desire of those who are right with God is only good, but the hope of the sinful is anger.
The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.
The desire of the righteous is only good; but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
What good people want always results in good; when the wicked get what they want, everyone is angry.
The desire of the righteous, is only good, the expectation of the lawless, is wrath.
The desire of the just is all good, the expectation of the wicked is indignation.
The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
The desire of the ryghteous is acceptable: but the hope of the vngodly is indignation.
All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
The desire of the righteous turns out well,but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.
The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked, wrath.
The desire of the righteous is only good, the hope of the wicked is wrath.
The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
The iust laboure for peace and traquylite, but the vngodly for disquyetnesse.
The desires of good people lead straight to the best, but wicked ambition ends in angry frustration.
The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
The desire of the righteous is only good,But the hope of the wicked is wrath.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
desire: Psalms 10:17, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 37:4, Psalms 39:7, Psalms 39:8, Psalms 119:5, Psalms 119:10, Isaiah 26:9, Jeremiah 17:16, Matthew 5:6
expectation: Proverbs 11:7, Proverbs 10:28, Romans 2:8, Romans 2:9, Hebrews 10:27
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 23:20 - all the desire Psalms 20:4 - General Proverbs 12:5 - thoughts
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The desire of the righteous [is] only good,.... Or, "what is good" z; only good is the object of it. His desire is to do good, and that only; though be does not always do what he would do: as he delights in the law of God, after the inward man; as he is a righteous, holy, and good man, and would be conformable thereunto, and serves it with his mind, will, and affections; his desires are to the Lord, and to the remembrance of his name; he desires his favour, the discoveries of his love, communion with him, and communications of grace from him; he desires all spiritual good things, and everything that is good, for himself and others, and which he desires in submission to the will of God; and all things do work for and issue in his good. Good is what he is continually desirous of, wishing and praying for; and good is what he has eventually here and hereafter: though there may be many irregular and unlawful desires in him at times, and all things he has may not seem good; yet acting as a good man, his desires are only good, and there is nothing attends him but what is for his good;
[but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath; what he is desirous of, wishing, and looking for, is wrath and vengeance upon all that displease him, and he is angry with; he desires no good to them, but evil; he desires and hopes for nothing but what is offensive to God, and will bring upon him his fierce wrath and sore displeasure; so that eventually nothing else will be the fruit and consequence of his expectation and hope; and some are so shockingly profane, and so dreadfully hardened, that they wait for hell, as Jarchi on the place observes; they look for damnation and expect it, and are easy about it.
z אך טוב "tantummodo bonum quid est", Michaelis; "tantum bonum", Cocceius; "nihil cupiunt quod bonum non sit", Mercerus; "tamen bonum quid", Gussetius, p. 39.
