Contradiction with Psalm 37:4
This verse encourages delighting in the Lord, promising fulfillment of desires, whereas Proverbs 11:23 suggests that the desire of the righteous leads only to good.
Psalm 37:4: Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Contradiction with Matthew 5:6
Here it states that those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will be filled, implying a need for pursuing righteousness that contradicts the inherent assurance in Proverbs 11:23.
Matthew 5:6: Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Contradiction with James 4:3
This verse claims that prayers can go unanswered if asked with wrong motives, contrasting with Proverbs 11:23’s implication that the desires of the righteous are inherently good.
James 4:3: Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts. [lusts: or, pleasures]
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 2:11
This reflects on labor and desires as ultimately vanity, which contradicts the assertion in Proverbs 11:23 that the desires of the righteous are positive.
Ecclesiastes 2:11: Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9
This verse describes the heart as deceitful and desperately wicked, conflicting with the notion in Proverbs 11:23 that the heart’s desires of the righteous are good.
Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Contradiction with Romans 7:18
Indicates that nothing good lives in our sinful nature, opposing the belief that the desires of the righteous as stated in Proverbs 11:23 lead to good things.
Romans 7:18: For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not.