Proverbs 11:23

Proverbs Of Solomon

²² A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour. ²³ The desire of the righteous is only good, The hope of the wicked is transgression. ²⁴ There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

Expectation of the Wicked

Romans 2:8-9

and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath,

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous is joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.

Psalm 10:17

The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

Psalm 27:4

One thing I asked of Jehovah -- it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.

Psalm 37:4

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

Psalm 39:7-8

And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it is of Thee.

Psalm 119:5

O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,

Psalm 119:10

With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

Proverbs 11:7

In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.

Isaiah 26:9

With my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, with my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments are on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.

Jeremiah 17:16

And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou -- Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,

Matthew 5:6

Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness -- because they shall be filled.

Hebrews 10:27

but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery zeal, about to devour the opposers;