Proverbs 11:23 {24}
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Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want.

desire

Psalm 10:17 The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.

Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

Psalm 37:4 Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.

Psalm 39:7,8 And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee. . . .

Psalm 119:5,10 O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications. . . .

Isaiah 26:9 My 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.

Jeremiah 17:16 And 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.

Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.

expectation

Proverbs 11:7 The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him.

Proverbs 10:28 The strength of the upright is the way of the Lord: and fear to them that work evil.

Romans 2:8,9 But to them that are contentious and who obey not the truth but give credit to iniquity, wrath and indignation. . . .

Hebrews 10:27 But a certain dreadful expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire which shall consume the adversaries.

Context
Dishonest Scales
22The desire of the just is all good, the expectation of the wicked is indignation. 23Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want.24The soul that blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself.…
Cross References
Romans 2:8
But to them that are contentious and who obey not the truth but give credit to iniquity, wrath and indignation.

Romans 2:9
Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that worketh evil: of the Jew first, and also of the Greek.

Proverbs 10:28
The strength of the upright is the way of the Lord: and fear to them that work evil.

Proverbs 11:24
The soul that blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself.

Lexicon
The desire
תַּאֲוַ֣ת (ta·’ă·waṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8378: A longing, a delight

of the righteous
צַדִּיקִ֣ים (ṣad·dî·qîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6662: Just, righteous

leads only
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

to good,
ט֑וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

but the hope
תִּקְוַ֖ת (tiq·waṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8615: A cord, expectancy

of the wicked
רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

[brings] wrath.
עֶבְרָֽה׃ (‘eḇ·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5678: Overflow, arrogance, fury


Additional Translations
The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

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

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

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

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

The desire of the righteous is only good, The hope of the wicked is transgression.
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