Proverbs 11:23

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Proverbs 11:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

21 Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

23 The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.

24 One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

25 A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.

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

Psalms 10:17

You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,

Psalms 27:4

One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

Psalms 37:4

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

Psalms 39:7

And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

Psalms 39:8

Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.

Psalms 119:5

Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

Psalms 119:10

With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.

Isaiah 26:9

My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Jeremiah 17:16

But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.

Matthew 5:6

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

Proverbs 11:7

When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.

Romans 2:8

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

Romans 2:9

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

Hebrews 10:27

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