Proverbs 11:23
The ta'avat tzaddikim is only tov, 1 but the tikveh of the resha'im is wrath. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 27:4One thing have I asked of Hashem, 1 that will I seek after: 1 that I may dwell in the Bais Hashem 1 all the days of my life, 1 to behold the gracefulness of Hashem, 1 and to inquire in His Heikhal. 1
Psalms 39:7Surely every ish walketh in a tzel (shadow); 1 surely they are in turmoil in vain; 1 he heapeth up riches, and hath no da'as of who shall gather them. 1
Psalms 119:10With my kol lev have I sought Thee; 1 O let me not wander from Thy mitzvot. 1
Proverbs 11:7At the mot adam rasha, his tikveh shall perish, 1 and the expectation of his + 11:7 surviving strong ones perisheth. 1
Proverbs 13:2An ish shall eat tov by the fruit of his peh (mouth), 1 but the nefesh of the bogedim (unfaithful ones, traitors) shall eat chamas. 1
Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I have not hastened away 1 from being a ro'eh (shepherd) to follow Thee; 1 neither did I lust for the woeful day; 1 Thou knowest; 1 that which came out of my lips was before Thee. 1
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 →