Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous is only good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
In Context
22A fair woman who is without discretion, is [as] a gold ring in a swine's snout.
Cross References
Psalms 27:4One [thing] have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire [of him] in his temple.
Psalms 39:7And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee.
Psalms 119:10With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.
Proverbs 11:7When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish; and the hope of evil [men] perisheth.
Proverbs 13:2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.
Jeremiah 17:16But as for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd in following thee, neither have I desired the fatal day, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:23
22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. By discretion here we must understand religion and grace, a true taste and relish (so the word signifies) of the honours and pleasures that attend an unspotted virtue; so that a woman without discretion is a woman of a loose and dissolute conversation; and then observe, 1. It is taken for granted here that beauty or comeliness of body is as a jewel of gold, a thing very valuable, and, where there is wisdom and grace to guard… Read the whole commentary →