Old Testament · VERSE 23

Proverbs 11:23

King James Version

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

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Proverbs 11:21

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Proverbs 11:22

As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

Proverbs 11:23SELECTED VERSE

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

Proverbs 11:24

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

Proverbs 11:25

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

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