Proverbs 11:23
Strong's Lexicon
The desire
תַּאֲוַ֣ת (ta·’ă·waṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8378: 1) desire 1a) desire, wish, longings of one's heart 1a1) lust, appetite, covetousness (bad sense) 1b) thing desired, object of desire

of the righteous
צַדִּיקִ֣ים (ṣad·dî·qîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6662: 1) just, lawful, righteous 1a) just, righteous (in government) 1b) just, right (in one's cause) 1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character) 1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God) 1e) right, correct, lawful

leads only
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 389: 1) indeed, surely (emphatic) 2) howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive)

to good,
ט֑וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty

but the hope
תִּקְוַ֖ת (tiq·waṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8615: 1) cord 2) hope, expectation 2a) hope 2b) ground of hope 2c) things hoped for, outcome

of the wicked
רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

[brings] wrath.
עֶבְרָֽה׃ (‘eḇ·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5678: 1) outpouring, overflow, excess, fury, wrath, arrogance 1a) overflow, excess, outburst 1b) arrogance 1c) overflowing rage or fury

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.

Young's Literal Translation
The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The desire of the righteous turns out well, but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

New American Standard Bible
The desire of the righteous is only good, [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

King James Bible
The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.

New Living Translation
The godly can look forward to a reward, while the wicked can expect only judgment.

English Standard Version
The desire of the righteous ends only in good, the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

New American Standard Bible
The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The desire of the righteous turns out well, but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

International Standard Version
The desire of the righteous is to seek good, but the hope of the wicked results in wrath.

NET Bible
What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
The desire of the righteous is only good, The hope of the wicked is transgression.
















Cross References
Romans 2:8
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Romans 2:9
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Proverbs 11:24
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 11:22
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

Proverbs 11:21
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Proverbs 11:20
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

Proverbs 11:25
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Proverbs 11:26
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
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