Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the just is all good: the expectation of the wicked is indignation.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Desiderium justorum omne bonum est ; præstolatio impiorum furor.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐπιθυμία δικαίων πᾶσα ἀγαθή, ἐλπὶς δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀπολεῖται.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- תַּאֲוַ֣ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים אַךְ ט֑וֹב תִּקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֶבְרָֽה
The Fathers on this verse
Clement of Alexandria The Stromata, or Miscellanies, Book III
Quomodo autem fuerit is qui petit et accipit, et is qui mutuatur, si nullus sit qui habeat etdet mutuo? Quid vero? quando dicit Dominus: “Esurivi, et me pavistis; sitii, et potum mihi dedistis; hospes cram, et me collegistis; nudus, et me vestiistis;” deinde subjungit: “Quatenus fecistis uni horum minimorum, mihi fecistis.” Nunquid easdem quoque tulit leges in Veteri Testamento? “Qui dat mendico, fœneratur Deo.” Et: “Ne abstinueris a benefaciendo egeno,” inquit. Et rursus: “Eleemosynæ et fides ne te deficiant,” inquit. …