Proverbs 11:8
The just one is freed from anguish. And the impious one will be handed over instead of him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
In Context
9The pretender deceives his friend by mouth. But the just shall be freed by knowledge.
Cross References
Esther 7:10And so Haman was hanged on the gallows, which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger was quieted.
Proverbs 21:18The impious is given over instead of the just, and the iniquitous is given over in place of the upright.
Daniel 6:23Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and he commanded that Daniel should be taken out of the den. And Daniel was taken out of the den, and no wound was found in him, because he believed 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 →