Proverbs 10:24
The fear of the wicked person will overtake him, 1 but the desire of righteous people will be granted. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
23Wickedness is a game a fool plays, 1 but wisdom is a pleasure to a man of understanding. 1
Cross References
Job 15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears; 1 while he is in prosperity, the destroyer will come upon him. 1
Psalms 37:4Then delight yourself in Yahweh, 1 and he will give you the desires of your heart. 1
Isaiah 66:4In the same way I will choose their own punishment; I will bring on them what they fear, 1 because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, no one listened. 1 They did what was evil in my sight, and chose to do what displeases me.” 1
Daniel 4:28-29 All these things happened to King Nebuchadnezzar. Twelve months later he was walking on the roof of the royal palace in Babylon,
John 14:18I will not leave you alone; I will come back to you.
Hebrews 10:27Instead, there is only a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume God's enemies.
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 →