Proverbs 11:23
All the desire of the righteous is good: 1 But the hope of the ungodly shall perish. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
In Context
22As an ornament in a swine’s snout, 1 So is beauty to an ill-minded woman. 1
Cross References
Psalms 27:4Give them according to their works, 1 And according to the wickedness of their devices: 1 Give them according to the works of their hands; 1 Render their recompense unto them. 1
Psalms 39:7Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; 1 But a body hast thou prepared me: 1 Whole burnt offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require. 1
Proverbs 11:7At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: 1 But the boast of the ungodly perishes. 1
Proverbs 13:2A good man shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: 1 But the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time. 1
Jeremiah 17:16But I have not been weary of following thee, nor have I desired the day of man; thou knowest; the words that proceed out of my lips are before thy face.
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 →