Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the hope of the wicked is the wrath [of God].
Leeser Tanakh
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 golden ring in a swine's snout, so is a handsome woman that hath thrown off discretion.
Cross References
Psalms 27:4One thing have I asked of the Lord, that I will seek for: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the loveliness of the Lord, and to be every morning early in his temple.
Psalms 39:7(39:8) And now, what shall I wait for, O Lord? my hope is in thee.
Psalms 119:10With all my heart have I sought thee: oh let me not wander astray from thy commandments.
Proverbs 11:7When a wicked man dieth, [his] hope vanisheth; and the expectation of his children is lost.
Proverbs 13:2From the fruit of a man's mouth doth he eat what is good; but the longing of the treacherous is for violence.
Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I have not hastened to be a shepherd to follow thee; and the woeful day have I not longed for; thou knowest it: what came out of my lips was known 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 →