Proverbs 10:24
What the wicked dreadeth, that will come upon him: but the longing of the righteous will God grant.
Leeser Tanakh
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
23It is as sport to a fool to do wicked deeds; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
25As the whirlwind passeth by, the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Cross References
Job 15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears: during peace will the waster come over him.
Psalms 37:4And delight thyself in the Lord, and he will give thee the wishes of thy heart.
Isaiah 66:4So will I also make choice of their misfortune, and what they dread will I bring upon them; because I called, and none did answer; I spoke, and they did not hear; and they did what is evil in my eyes, and that in which I delighted not did they choose.
Daniel 4:28(4:25) All this came over king Nebuchadnezzar.
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 →