Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the upright is only good. 2 The expectation of the wicked is wrath. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
In Context
22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, 2 is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. 1
Cross References
Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of Adonai, that I will seek after, 2 that I may dwell in Adonai’s house all the days of my life, 2 to see Adonai’s beauty, 2 and to inquire in his temple. 1
Psalms 39:7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? 2 My hope is in you. 1
Psalms 119:10בּ ( Bekhal-kibiy, With whole-my heart) With my whole heart, I have sought you. 2 Don’t let me go astray, intoxicated, unintentional sin ·error· from your mitzvot ·instructions·. 1
Proverbs 11:7When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, 2 and expectation of vain striving of iniquity comes to nothing. 1
Proverbs 13:2By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; 2 but the unfaithful crave violence. 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 →