Proverbs 10:24
Righteous people will get the good things that they want/desire, but what wicked people are afraid of is what will happen to them.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Job 15:21They constantly hear sounds that terrify them; while they are prospering, bandits attack them.
Psalms 37:4Be delighted with all that Yahweh does for you; if you do that, he will give you the things that you desire most.
Isaiah 66:4When I called out to you, you did not answer. When I spoke, you did not pay attention. You did many things that I say are evil; you chose to do things that I did not like. So now I will punish you by causing you to experience the things that you are very afraid of.”
Daniel 4:28But the king refused to stop sinning. So what was predicted in the dream is what happened to him.
John 14:18When I leave you, I will not let you be alone/helpless [MET]. When I send the Spirit, it will be like I am coming back to you (OR, When I rise from the dead, I will come back to you.)
Hebrews 10:27Instead, we must fearfully expect that God will judge and angrily punish his enemies in a furious fire [MET].
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 →