Proverbs 11:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The desire of the just is all good, the expectation of the wicked is indignation.
תַּאֲוַ֣ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים אַךְ־ט֑וֹב תִּקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֶבְרָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Rom 2:8But to them that are contentious and who obey not the truth but give credit to iniquity, wrath and indignation.
- Rom 2:9Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that worketh evil: of the Jew first, and also of the Greek.
- Ps 37 (36):4
- Matt 5:6Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.
- Prov 10:28The expectation of the just is joy: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
- Ps 10 (9):17
- Isa 26:9My soul hath desired thee in the night: yea, and with my spirit within me in the morning early I will watch to thee. When thou shalt do thy judgments on the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn justice.
- Jer 17:16And I am not troubled, following thee for my pastor, and I have not desired the day of man, thou knowest. That which went out of my lips, hath been right in thy sight.