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- Proverbs
- Chapter 11
- Verse 23
Proverbs 11:23
“The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.”
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Commentary
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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…
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