King James Version
Proverbs 11:23 in the King James Version says “The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.”
Proverbs 11:23 · KJV
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. is without: Heb. departeth from
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. liberal: Heb. soul of blessing
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The desire”
H8378a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
“is only good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“but the expectation”
H8615literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
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