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, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart, You will cause Your ear to hear,
Psalm 27:4
One thing I have desired from Jehovah, that I will 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 pray in His temple.
Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself also in Jehovah, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 39:7
And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.
Psalm 119:5
O that my ways were fixed to keep Your Precepts!
Isaiah 26:9
With my soul I desired You in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
Jeremiah 17:16
I have not hurried away from shepherding after You; nor have I desired the woeful day; You surely know the going forth of my lips before Your face.
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness! For they shall be filled.
Expectation
Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dies, his hope shall perish; and the hope of evil ones shall be lost.
Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
Romans 2:8
But to those who indeed disobeying the truth out of self-seeking, and obeying unrighteousness, will be anger and wrath,
Hebrews 10:27
but a certain fearful looking for judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
General references
Psalm 20:4
May He grant you according to your own heart, and fulfill all your plans.