Proverbs 11:23
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.
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- Matthew 5:6Rank 1 from verse 23
- Psalms 37:4Rank 2 from verse 23
- Romans 2:8–9Rank 3 from verse 23
8But 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;
8But vnto them that are contentious, & doe not obey the trueth, but obey vnrighteousnes, indignation, & wrath,
9Tribulation, and anguish vpon euery soule of man that doeth euill, of the Iew first, and also of the †Gentile.
- Isaiah 26:9Rank 4 from verse 23
9With 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.
9With my soule haue I desired thee in the night, yea with my spirit within me will I seeke thee early: for when thy iudgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learne righteousnesse.
- Jeremiah 17:16Rank 5 from verse 23
16As 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.
16†*As for me, I haue not hastened from being a pastour to follow thee, neither haue I desired the wofull day, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips, was right before thee.
- Proverbs 10:28Rank 6 from verse 23
- Psalms 10:17Rank 7 from verse 23
- Psalms 119:10Rank 8 from verse 23
- Psalms 27:4Rank 9 from verse 23
4One 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.
4‖One thing haue I desired of the LORD, that will I seeke after: that I may dwel in the house of the LORD, all the dayes of my life, to behold the beautie of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
- Hebrews 10:27Rank 10 from verse 23
- Proverbs 11:7Rank 11 from verse 23
- Psalms 119:5Rank 12 from verse 23
- Psalms 39:7–8Rank 13 from verse 23
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Proverbs 11:23
Sense 1: A wish, longing, request, pleasure, or thing wished for. Sense 2: To wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.
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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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expectation
1. A looking or waiting for something anticipated; hope. 2. That which is looked to or relied upon.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616
Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.
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22As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
22† As a iewell of golde in a swines snowt; so is a faire woman which is without discretion.
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.
Selected passage24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more then is meete, but it tendeth to pouertie.