Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
The desire of the righteous is only good,.... Or, "what is good" (z); only good is the object of it. His desire is to do good, and that only; though be does not always do what he would do: as he…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
This tells us what the desire and expectation of the righteous and of the wicked are and how they will prove, what they would have and what they shall have. 1. The righteous would have good, only…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
wrath Strictly, outpouring, or overflowing, sc. of (God's) wrath. Comp. Heb 10:27; and rod τοῦ θυμοῦ τῆς ὀργῆς, Rev 19:15.
Stated in full the proverb would be: That which the righteous desires is…
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