Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 11:23 — The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.
Correlating Passages
desire
Psa 10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Psa 27:4 One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
Psa 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Psa 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee.
Psa 39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Psa 119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Psa 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Isa 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Jer 17:16 As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.
Mat 5:6 Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
expectation
Pro 11:7 When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.
Pro 10:28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Rom 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Rom 2:9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
Hbr 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 11:23," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Pro/11/23.html>.

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