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Proverbs 11:7
Proverbs 11:7 is verse 7 of Proverbs chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
King James Version
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
World English Bible
When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.
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Proverbs 11:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
7 When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
8 The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
9 With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.
Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
Exodus 15:10But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
Job 8:14His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
Psalms 146:4When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
Ezekiel 28:9Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.
Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’