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Proverbs 11:23 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 11 · verse 23
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.Proverbs 11:23 · King James Version
Proverbs 11:23 in context
21Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
22As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
23The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- expectationtiqvâhliterally a cordH8615 →
- righteoustsaddîyqjustH6662 →
- desiretaʼăvâha longingH8378 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- goodṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
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This tells us what the desire and expectation of the righteous and of the wicked are and how they will prove, what they would have and what they shall have. 1. The righteous would have good, only good; all they desire is that it may go well with all about them; they wish no hurt to any, but happiness to all;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary