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
You have heard the desire of humble people, O Jehovah. You encourage them. You incline your ear (pay close attention) to them.
Psalm 27:4
I have asked one thing from Jehovah. This I will seek: to live in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to look at Jehovah's beauty and search for an answer in his temple.
Psalm 37:4
Be happy with Jehovah and he will provide you with the desires of your heart.
Psalm 39:7
Jehovah, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.
Psalm 119:5
Oh that my ways may be established to keep your statutes!
Isaiah 26:9
I yearn for you in the night. In the morning I long for you with all my being. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
Jeremiah 17:16
I have not hurried away from being your shepherd. I have not longed for the day of destruction. You know what I used to say.
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Expectation
Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dies his expectation perishes, indeed the hope of unjust men perishes.
Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous is joy. The prospect for the wicked is bleak.
Romans 2:8
Those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will receive wrath and indignation.
Hebrews 10:27
But there remains a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fiery indignation, which will devour God's enemies.
General references
Psalm 20:4
He will give you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans.