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Proverbs 10:24

Proverbs 10:24 is verse 24 of Proverbs chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

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King James Version

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

World English Bible

What the wicked fear will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

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Proverbs 10:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible

22 The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.

23 The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

24 What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.

26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 3:25

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

Job 15:21

Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

Hebrews 10:27

but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.

Psalms 21:2

You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

Psalms 37:4

Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalms 145:19

He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

John 14:18

I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

John 16:24

Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

1 John 5:14

And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

1 John 5:15

And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

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