Proverbs 10:24
What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Berean Standard Bible
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
23The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
Cross References
Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Isaiah 66:4So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
Daniel 4:28All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.
John 14:18I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Hebrews 10:27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all 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 →