Proverbs 10:24
What the wicked fear will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
World Messianic 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
23It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.
25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
Cross References
Job 15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
Psalms 37:4Also delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Isaiah 66:4I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them, because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they didn’t listen, but they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn’t delight.”
Daniel 4:28All this came on the King Nebuchadnezzar.
John 14:18I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.
Hebrews 10:27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.
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 →