Proverbs 11:23
The desires of righteous people result in good, 1 but wicked people can only hope for wrath. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 nose 1 is a beautiful woman without discretion. 1
Cross References
Psalms 27:4One thing have I asked of Yahweh, and I will seek that: 1 that I may live in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, 1 to see the beauty of Yahweh 1 and to meditate in his temple. 1
Psalms 39:7Now, Lord, for what am I waiting? 1 You are my only hope. 1
Psalms 119:10With my whole heart I seek you; 1 Do not let me stray from your commandments. 1
Proverbs 11:7When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes 1 and the hope that was in his strength comes to nothing. 1
Proverbs 13:2From the fruit of his mouth a person enjoys good things, 1 but the appetite of the treacherous is for violence. 1
Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I did not run from being a shepherd following you. I did not long for the day of disaster. 1 You know the proclamations that came from my lips. They were made in your presence. 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 →