Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.
World Messianic 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 righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.
Cross References
Exodus 15:9The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”
Proverbs 10:28The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.
Proverbs 14:32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
Luke 12:19I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and 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 →