Proverbs 10:24 {25}
Good News Translation
The righteous get what they want, but the wicked will get what they fear most.

New Revised Standard Version
What the wicked dread will come upon them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Contemporary English Version
What evil people dread most will happen to them, but good people will get what they want most.

New American Bible
What the wicked fear will befall them, but the desire of the just will be granted.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As a tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no more: but the just is as an everlasting foundation.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

As a tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no more: but the just is as an everlasting foundation.

fear

Job 3:25 For the fear which I feared, hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.

Job 15:21 The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.

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

the desire

Psalm 21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire: and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.

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

Psalm 145:19 He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear their prayer, and save them.

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

John 14:18 I will not leave you orphans: I will come to you.

John 16:24 Hitherto, you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full.

1 John 5:14,15 And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us. . . .

Context
Solomon's Proverbs: The Wise Son
23That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just their desire shall be given. 24As a tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no more: but the just is as an everlasting foundation.25As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.

1 John 5:14
And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us.

1 John 5:15
And we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask: we know that we have the petitions which we request of him.

Job 15:21
The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.

Psalm 145:19
He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear their prayer, and save them.

Proverbs 1:26
When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:

Proverbs 1:27
Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning, and shall not find me:

Proverbs 15:8
The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.

Isaiah 66:4
Wherefore I also will choose their mockeries, and will bring upon them the things they feared: because I called, and there was none that would answer; I have spoken, and they heard not; and they have done evil in my eyes, and have chosen the things that displease me.

Ezekiel 11:8
You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord God.

Proverbs 10:23
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