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Proverbs 11:23

Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

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…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714

This tells us what the desire and expectation of the righteous and of the wicked are and how they will prove, what they…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

wrath Strictly, outpouring, or overflowing, sc. of (God's) wrath. Comp. Heb 10:27; and rod τοῦ θυμοῦ τῆς ὀργῆς, Rev…