Proverbs 11:7
At the mot adam rasha, his tikveh shall perish, 1 and the expectation of his + 11:7 surviving strong ones perisheth. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
In Context
8The tzaddik is delivered out of tzoros, 1 but the rashah cometh on to take his place. 1
Cross References
Exodus 15:9The oyev said, 1 I will pursue, I will overtake, 1 I will share the plunder; 1 my battle-lust shall be satisfied upon them; 1 I will draw my cherev, 1 my yad shall take possession of 1
Job 11:20But the eyes of the resha'im faileth, 1 and they shall not escape, 1 and their tikveh shall be as the last gasp of the nefesh.
Proverbs 10:28The prospect of the tzaddikim shall be simchah, 1 but the tikveh of the resha'im shall perish. 1
Proverbs 14:32The reshah is banished in his ra'ah, 1 but the tzaddik hath refuge in his mot (death). 1
Luke 12:19And I will say to my neshamah, Neshamah, you have an ample store of goods for many years to come. Take your ease, LEEKHOL, VLISHTOT, VLISHMOACH + 12:19 Koh 8:15 (to eat, and to drink, and to be merry).
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 →