“The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.”
Proverbs 11:23 (KJV) |
Proverbs 11:23
From Proverbs 11, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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21
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
22
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
23
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
25
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.