Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked (m) [is] wrath.
(m) They can look for nothing but God's vengeance.
The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked (m) [is] wrath.
(m) They can look for nothing but God's vengeance.
CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for instruction. In the second v...
PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group (Proverbs 11:2;...
Illustrated in verses: Proverbs 11:24....
_wrath_ Strictly, _outpouring_, or _overflowing_, sc. of (God's) wrath. Comp. Hebrews 10:27; and rod τοῦ θυμοῦ τῆς ὀργῆς, Revelation 19:15. Stated in full the proverb would be: That which the righteo...
TEXT Proverbs 11:22-31 22. As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, So is a fair woman that is without discretion. 23. The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is...
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. THE DESIRE OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS ONLY GOOD. Their chief object of desire is God and His favour. They do not desi...
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
A good man wants good things, and he will receive good things. An evil man wants evil things. God will punish this man, because the man’s actions are evil. V24 One man gives, and his wealth increase...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
THE DESIRE OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS ONLY GOOD, and therefore it, being in accordance with the will of God, is granted to them. THE EXPECTATION OF THE WICKED IS WRATH. — Rather, _presumption;_ they do not...
תַּאֲוַ֣ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים אַךְ ־טֹ֑וב תִּקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים...
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination of t...
Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
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 good, and that only; though be does not always do what he would do: as he delig...
The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath. Ver. 23. _The desire of the righteous is only good,_] _i.e., _ So far as he is righteous, or spiritual, he...
_The desire of the righteous is only good_ “The righteous desire nothing, but that it may be well with all men; but the wicked wish for trouble and disturbance to all others but themselves, that they...
V. 23. THE DESIRE OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS ONLY GOOD, they want only such things as are pleasing to the Lord; BUT THE EXPECTATION OF THE WICKED IS WRATH, a presumption which challenges the wrath of God and...
10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
THE DESIRE; either, 1. Properly so called. So the sense is, His desires are generally and constantly to do good to men, as wicked men's designs are to do hurt, and to execute wrath and hatred against...
Proverbs 11:23 desire H8378 righteous H6662 good H2896 expectation H8615 wicked H7563 wrath H5678 desire -...
FURTHER CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS (PROVERBS 11:15). In this subsection we again have the continual contrast between the righteous, the gracious, the merciful and the blamele...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:23 The ultimate destinies of the WICKED and the RIGHTEOUS (e.g., vv. Proverbs 11:23 and...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:23. WRATH, _i.e._ God’s wrath (Zöckler). _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 11:23_ We cannot understand the first clause of this verse to mean that _all_ a righteous man’s de...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter. Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to the next. S...
Hebrews 10:27; Isaiah 26:9; Jeremiah 17:16; Matthew 5:6; Proverbs 10
The desire — The desires and expectations of the righteous shall end in their happiness, but the desires and expectations of the wicked men shall be disappointed, and end in the wrath of God....