23The desire of the righteous is only good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath.


In Context

20 The perverse in heart are abomination to Jehovah; but they that are perfect in their way are his delight.

21 Hand for hand! an evil man shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

22 A fair woman who is without discretion, is as a gold ring in a swine's snout.

23 The desire of the righteous is only good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but it tendeth only to want.

25 The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Proverbs 11:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:23The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:23The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:23The desire of the just is all good: the expectation of the wicked is indignation.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:23The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:23The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:23The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:23The desire of the righteous is only good, The hope of the wicked is transgression.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:23The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.