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Proverbs 11:23

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

Proverbs 11:23 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 11:23

Theological / Devotional

Wrath. Heb. 'ebrah, "overflowing rage," "fury." While the desires of the righteous man tend only to that which is good, and God decrees that all things work together for his good (Rom. 8:28), the evil man desires those things that naturally and inevitably bring upon him the anger of men and, finally, the anger of God. Both in this life and in the day of God's wrath, the selfish reap trouble (see Rev. 14: 10; 16:19).

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