Proverbs 11:8
A righteous person is delivered out of trouble,and the wicked takes his place.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
In Context
7When a wicked man dies, hope perishes,and expectation of power comes to nothing.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Proverbs 21:18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous;the treacherous for the upright.
Daniel 6:23Then was the king exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
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 →