Proverbs 11:7
When the wicked man is dead, there shall be no hope any more: and the expectation of the solicitous shall perish.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
In Context
6The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares.
8The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him.
Cross References
Exodus 15:9The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them.
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.
Proverbs 10:28The expectation of the just is joy; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 14:32The wicked man shall be driven out in his wickedness: but the just hath hope in his death.
Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thy rest; eat, drink, make good cheer.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:6-7
5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. These two verses are, in effect, the same, and both to the same purport with v. 3 . For the truths are here of such certainty and weight that they cannot be too often inculcated. Let us govern ourselves by these principles. I. That the ways of religion are plain and safe, and in them we may enjoy a… Read the whole commentary →