Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
In Context
22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
24One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
Cross References
Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
Psalms 39:7And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
Psalms 119:10With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
Proverbs 11:7When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
Proverbs 13:2From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
Jeremiah 17:16But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
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 →