Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the ryghteous is acceptable: but the hope of the vngodly is indignation.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
In Context
22A faire woman without discrete maners, is lyke a ryng of golde in a swines snoute.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:7When an vngodly man dyeth, his hope is gone: the confidence of riches shall perishe.
Proverbs 13:2Of the fruite of a wise mans mouth shall eche man eate good thynges: but the wicked shall eate of the fruite of the transgressours.
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 →