Proverbs 11:7 · KJV
“When a wicked man dieth, {his} expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust {men} perisheth.”
— Proverbs 11:7
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in {their own} naughtiness.
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Proverbs 11 — Context
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. {direct: Heb. rectify}
6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in {their own} naughtiness.
7When a wicked man dieth, {his} expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust {men} perisheth.
8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
9An hypocrite with {his} mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous {shall be} gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Job 8:13-14
So {are} the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Job 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope {shall be as} the giving up of the ghost. {they shall...: Heb. flight shall perish from them} {the giving...: or, a puff of breath}
Psalms 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Exodus 15:9-10
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. {destroy: or, repossess}
Luke 12:19-20
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Ezekiel 28:9
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I {am} God? but thou {shalt be} a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. {of him that slayeth: or, of him that woundeth}