Proverbs 11:23
All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
In Context
22As an ornament in a swine's snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded woman.
Cross References
Psalms 27:4Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their devices: give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompence unto them.
Psalms 39:7+ 39:7 Heb. 10. 5,6. Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require.
Proverbs 11:7At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes.
Proverbs 13:2A good man shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time.
Jeremiah 17:16But I have not been weary of following thee, nor have I desired the day of man; thou knowest; the words that proceed out of my lips are 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 →