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


In Context

20 Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

21 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

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

24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

25 The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters 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 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 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.