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Proverbs 11:23
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Proverbs 11:23
23The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
23The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 11:23
To wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Just, right, or conforming to God's law and judgment; equitable or upright; as a noun, a person characterized as righteous.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
expectation
A looking for, a longing.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616
Intense anger or indignation; also judgment or punishment proceeding from such anger.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 23
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Open the full verse study6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
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Open the full verse study4Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
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Open the full verse study8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
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Open the full verse study9With 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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Open the full verse study16As 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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Open the full verse study28The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
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Open the full verse study17Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
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Open the full verse study10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
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Open the full verse study4One 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 inquire in his temple.
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Open the full verse study27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
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Open the full verse study7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
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Open the full verse study5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
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Open the full verse study7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
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