Proverbs 10:24
The feared thing of the wicked meets him, || And the desire of the righteous is given.
Literal Standard 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
23To execute inventions [is] as play to a fool, || And wisdom to a man of understanding.
Cross References
Job 15:21A fearful voice [is] in his ears, || In peace a destroyer comes to him.
Psalms 37:4And delight yourself on YHWH, || And He gives to you the petitions of your heart.
Isaiah 66:4I also—I fix on their distress, || And I bring in their fears to them, || Because I have called, and there is none answering, || I spoke, and they have not listened, || And they do evil in My eyes, || And on that which I did not desire—fixed.”
Daniel 4:28All—has come on Nebuchadnezzar the king.
John 14:18I will not leave you bereaved, I come to you;
Hebrews 10:27but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery zeal, about to devour the opposers;
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 →