Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, 2 and expectation of vain striving of iniquity comes to nothing. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
In Context
8A upright person is delivered out of trouble, 2 and the wicked takes his place. 1
Cross References
Exodus 15:9The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. 2 My desire shall be satisfied on them. 2 I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’ 1
Proverbs 10:28The prospect of the upright is joy, 2 but the hope of the wicked will perish. 1
Proverbs 14:32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, 2 but in death, the upright has a refuge. 1
Luke 12:19I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, 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 →