Focused Passage

Proverbs 11:23

Integrity, Righteousness, and Community Life Under the LORD's Moral Order

The chapter moves through practical arenas of righteousness: commerce, humility, integrity, death and hope, speech, civic life, guidance, mercy, desire, generosity, household stewardship, and final moral recompense.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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

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Verse 23

Original words

The desire תַּאֲוַ֣ת H8378 Noun - feminine singular construct of the righteous צַדִּיקִ֣ים H6662 Adjective - masculine plural leads only אַךְ־ H389 Adverb to good ט֑וֹב H2896 Noun - masculine singular but the hope תִּקְוַ֖ת H8615 Noun - feminine singular construct of the wicked רְשָׁעִ֣ים H7563 Adjective - masculine plural [brings] wrath עֶבְרָֽה׃ H5678 Noun - feminine singular

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