Proverbs 11:7
When an vngodly man dyeth, his hope is gone: the confidence of riches shall perishe.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
In Context
8The ryghteous shalbe delyuered out of trouble: and the vngodly shall come in his steade.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:28The patient abydyng of the righteous shalbe turned to gladnesse: but the hope of the vngodly shall perishe.
Proverbs 14:32The vngodly is cast away for his iniquitie: but the ryghteous hath a good hope, euen in death.
Luke 12:19And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp [in store] for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery.
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 →