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


In Context

20 A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in them that walk sincerely.

21 Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved.

22 A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish.

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

24 Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want.

25 The soul which blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:23The desire of the righteous is only good; 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.