Proverbs 10:24
That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just their desire shall be given.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
In Context
23A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a man.
Cross References
Job 15:21The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
Psalms 37:4Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.
Isaiah 66:4Wherefore I also will choose their mockeries, and will bring upon them the things they feared: y because I called, and there was none that would answer; I have spoken, and they heard not; and they have done evil in my eyes, and have chosen the things that displease me.
Daniel 4:28All these things came upon king Nabuchodonosor.
John 14:18I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you.
Hebrews 10:27But a certain dreadful expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire which shall consume the adversaries.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:24
23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. Here is, 1. Sin exceedingly sinful: It is as laughter to a fool to do mischief; it is as natural to him, and as pleasant, as it is to a man to laugh. Wickedness is his Isaac (that is the word here); it is his delight, his darling, and that in which he pleases himself. He makes a laughing matter of sin. When he is warned not to sin, from the consideration of the law of God and the revelation of his wrath against sin, he makes a jest… Read the whole commentary →