Proverbs 11:8
The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
In Context
9The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his friend: but the just shall be delivered by knowledge.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased.
Proverbs 21:18The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous.
Daniel 6:23Then was the king exceeding 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 hurt 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 →