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Proverbs 11:23

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 11:23 in other translations

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

Proverbs 11:23 · World English Bible

Proverbs 11:23 in context

  1. 21Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
  2. 22As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So is a fair woman that is without discretion.
  3. 23The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
  4. 24There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.
  5. 25The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.