Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Desire
Expectation
General references
Bible References
Desire
Psalm 10:17
Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;
Psalm 27:4
One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
Psalm 37:4
Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
Psalm 39:7
And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
Psalm 119:5
Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
Isaiah 26:9
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Jeremiah 17:16
As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Expectation
Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.
Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous'shall be gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Romans 2:8
but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness,'shall be wrath and indignation,
Hebrews 10:27
but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.
General references
Psalm 20:4
Grant thee thy heart's desire, And fulfil all thy counsel.