Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
BSB
ASV
The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
KJV
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
leads to
He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of…
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
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Matthew 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
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But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of…