Proverbs 11:8

The tzaddik is delivered out of tzoros, 1 but the rashah cometh on to take his place. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

In Context

7At the mot adam rasha, his tikveh shall perish, 1 and the expectation of his + 11:7 surviving strong ones perisheth. 1

9A chanef (hypocrite, man without G-d) with his peh (mouth) destroyeth his re'a, 1 but through da'as (knowledge) shall the tzaddikim be delivered. 1

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Cross References

Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on HaEtz that he had prepared for Mordechai. Then was the wrath of HaMelech pacified. + 7:10 Ps 24:10; Isa 53:11

Proverbs 21:18The reshah shall be a kofer (ransom) for the tzaddik, 1 and the boged (the unfaithful) for the yesharim. 1

Daniel 6:23My G-d hath sent his malach, and hath shut the lionsʼ mouths that they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before Him innocence was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no rah (wrong).

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 →

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