Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked person dies, their hopes die with them; what the godless look forward to is gone.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
In Context
8The good are saved from trouble, while the wicked get into trouble.
Cross References
Exodus 15:9The enemy bragged, “I will chase them and catch up with them. I will divide the plunder. I will eat them alive. I will swing my sword. By my hand I will destroy them.”
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, they will not be able to escape, and their only hope is in death.”
Proverbs 10:28Good people look forward to happiness, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.
Proverbs 14:32Wicked people are brought down by their own evil actions, but those who live right are confident even in death.
Luke 12:19Then I'll tell myself: You have enough to live on for many years, so take life easy: eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!’
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 →