Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous is only good; but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
In Context
22As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman that turneth aside from discretion.
Cross References
Psalms 27:4One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the graciousness of the LORD, and to visit early in His temple.
Psalms 39:7(39-8) And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope, it is in Thee.
Psalms 119:10With my whole heart have I sought Thee; O let me not err from Thy commandments.
Proverbs 11:7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish, and the hope of strength perisheth.
Proverbs 13:2A man shall eat good from the fruit of his mouth; but the desire of the faithless is violence.
Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after Thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; Thou knowest it; that which came out of my lips was manifest before Thee.
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 →