Proverbs 11:8
A righteous man escapes from a snare, 1 And the ungodly man is delivered up in his place. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
In Context
7At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: 1 But the boast of the ungodly perishes. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 21:18And a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man. 1
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 →