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Proverbs 11:23

Justice

21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

22 As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

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

24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

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Compare

BSB
The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
KJV
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
WEB
The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
ASV
The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
DARBY
The desire of the righteous is only good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
BLB
The desire of the righteous [is] only good, and the hope of the wicked [is] wrath.
ÅB
De rettferdiges attrå er bare det som godt er; de ugudelige har vrede i vente.
OTB
De rettferdiges ønsker ender i det gode, men de ugudeliges forventninger resulterer i vrede.
B1930
De rettferdiges attrå er bare det som godt er; de ugudelige har vrede i vente.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 5:6

    Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

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  • Psalms 37:4

    Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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  • Romans 2:8–9

    But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

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  • Jeremiah 17:16

    As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.

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  • Psalms 10:17

    LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

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  • Psalms 27:4

    One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

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  • Psalms 119:10

    With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

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  • Isaiah 26:9

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

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