Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
In Context
22As a iewell of golde in a swines snoute: so is a faire woman, which lacketh discretion.
Cross References
Psalms 27:4One thing haue I desired of the Lord, that I will require, euen that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the dayes of my life, to beholde the beautie of the Lord, and to visite his Temple.
Psalms 39:7And now Lord, what wait I for? mine hope is euen in thee.
Psalms 119:10With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.
Proverbs 11:7When a wicked man dieth, his hope perisheth, and the hope of the vniust shall perish.
Proverbs 13:2A man shall eate good things by the fruite of his mouth: but the soule of the trespassers shall suffer violence.
Jeremiah 17:16But I haue not thrust in my selfe for a pastour after thee, neither haue I desired the day of miserie, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips, was right before thee.
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 →