Proverbs 11:23 (BSB)

The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.

From Proverbs 11. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 11:23

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 11:23: This tells us what the desire and expectation of the righteous and of the wicked are and how they will prove, what they would have and what they shall have. 1. The righteous would have good, only good; all they desire is that it may go well with all about them; they wish no hurt to any, but happiness to all; as to themselves, their...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 11:23: The desire of the righteous is only good,.... Or, "what is good" (z); only good is the object of it. His desire is to do good, and that only; though be does not always do what he would do: as he delights in the law of God, after the inward man; as he is a righteous, holy, and good man, and would be conformable thereunto...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 11:23: (Compare Pro 10:28). wrath--is that of God.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 11:23: The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath. (m) They can look for nothing but God's vengeance.