Proverbs 10:24
What the wicked fear will happen to them, while what good people hope for will be granted.
Free Bible Version
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
23Stupid people think it's fun to do wrong, but someone who has wisdom understands what's right.
25When the storm hits, the wicked are no more, but the good are safe and secure forever.
Cross References
Job 15:21Terrifying sounds fill their ears; even when they think they're safe, the destroyer will attack them.
Psalms 37:4Find your happiness in the Lord, and he will give you what you want the most.
Isaiah 66:4I will also choose to punish them severely and to terrify them, because I called out to them but no one answered; I spoke to them, but no one listened. Instead they did what's evil in my sight, choosing to do what I hate.
Daniel 4:28(However, all this did happen to King Nebuchadnezzar.
John 14:18I will not abandon you like orphans: I will come back to you.
Hebrews 10:27All that's left is fear, expecting the impending judgment and the terrible fire that destroys those who are hostile to God.
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 →