Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous is only good: 1 But the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 1
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
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 jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, 1 So is a fair woman which is without discretion. 1
Cross References
Psalms 27:4One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; 1 That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, 1 To behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. 1
Psalms 39:7And now, Lord, what wait I for? 1 My hope is in thee. 1
Psalms 119:10(ב) With my whole heart have I sought thee: 1 O let me not wander from thy commandments. 1
Proverbs 11:7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: 1 And the hope of unjust men perisheth. 1
Proverbs 13:2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: 1 But the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. 1
Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right 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 →