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Proverbs 11

Prov. 11:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The desire
ta'avah (Hebrew #8378)
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
KJV usage: dainty, desire, X exceedingly, X greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also 6914.
Pronounce: tah-av-aw'
Origin: from 183 (abbreviated)
of the righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
is only good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
: butm the expectation
tiqvah (Hebrew #8615)
literally, a cord (as an attachment (compare 6961)); figuratively, expectancy
KJV usage: expectation ((-ted)), hope, live, thing that I long for.
Pronounce: tik-vaw'
Origin: from 6960
of the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
is wrath
`ebrah (Hebrew #5678)
an outburst of passion
KJV usage: anger, rage, wrath.
Pronounce: eb-raw'
Origin: feminine of 5676
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Rom. 2:8‑9• 8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
 9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; (Rom. 2:8‑9)
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Heb. 10:27• 27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (Heb. 10:27)

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Ministry on This Verse

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desire.
Psa. 10:17• 17Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: (Psa. 10:17)
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Psa. 27:4• 4One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. (Psa. 27:4)
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Psa. 37:4• 4Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. (Psa. 37:4)
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Psa. 39:7‑8• 7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
 8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. (Psa. 39:7‑8)
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Psa. 119:5,10• 5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
 10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. (Psa. 119:5,10)
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Isa. 26:9• 9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. (Isa. 26:9)
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Jer. 17:16• 16As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee. (Jer. 17:16)
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Matt. 5:6• 6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. (Matt. 5:6)
expectation.
Prov. 11:7• 7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. (Prov. 11:7)
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Prov. 10:28• 28The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. (Prov. 10:28)
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Rom. 2:8‑9• 8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
 9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; (Rom. 2:8‑9)
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Heb. 10:27• 27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (Heb. 10:27)
• Note chapter 10:28, and see Jeremiah and Zedekiah (Jer. 17:16; 34:1-3). (“Proverbs Eleven” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The desire of the righteous is only good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath.