Proverbs 11:8
A righteous man is delivered out of trouble, and a wicked man comes in his stead.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
In Context
7When a wicked man dies, [his] expectation shall perish, and the hope of iniquity perishes.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.
Proverbs 21:18A wicked man is a ransom for a righteous man, and the treacherous dealer for the upright.
Daniel 6:23Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of harm was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:8
7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. Note, 1. Even wicked men, while they live, may keep up a confident expectation of a happiness when they die, or at least a happiness in this world. The hypocrite has his hope, in which he wraps himself as the spider in her web. The worldling expects great matters from his wealth; he calls it goods laid up for many years, and hopes to take his ease in it and to be merry; but in death their expectation will be frustrated:… Read the whole commentary →