Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous, is only good, the expectation of the lawless, is wrath.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 ring of gold in the snout of a swine, is a woman of beauty who hath abandoned discretion.
Cross References
Psalms 27:4One thing, have I asked of Yahweh, That, will I seek to secure,—That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh, all the days of my life, To view the delightfulness of Yahweh, And to contemplate in his temple.
Psalms 39:7Now, therefore, for what have I waited, O My Lord? My hope, is, in thee.
Psalms 119:10With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.
Proverbs 11:7When the lawless man dieth, his expectation, perisheth, and, the hope of strong men, hath vanished.
Proverbs 13:2Of the fruit of his mouth, shall a man eat what is good, but, the soul of the treacherous, [shall be sated with] violence.
Jeremiah 17:16But as for me, I have neither forced myself away from tending the flock after thee, Nor yet for the woeful day, have I longed—thou, knowest,—That which came out of my lips, before thy face, was uttered.
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 →