Proverbs 11:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:28 : 28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
  • Job 8:13-14 : 13 So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: 14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider's web.
  • Job 11:20 : 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.
  • Ps 146:4 : 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
  • Exod 15:9-9 : 9 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. 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 ¶ The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
  • Ezek 28:9 : 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.
  • Luke 12:19-20 : 19 ‹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.› 20 ‹But God said unto him,› [Thou] ‹fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?›

Similar Verses (AI)

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    28The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

    29¶ The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

  • 32¶ The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • 8¶ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

  • 20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost.

  • 23¶ The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

  • Job 8:13-14
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    13So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

    14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider's web.

  • 10The wicked shall see [it], and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    3¶ The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

    4¶ Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

    5¶ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.

  • 8For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

  • 26When a righteous [man] turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

  • 15All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.

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    6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • 28¶ When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • 7¶ The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • 7¶ When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; [it is] that they shall be destroyed for ever:

  • 10¶ When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.

  • 1¶ The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

  • 13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

  • 18When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

  • 7¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • 15And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

  • 19¶ As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.

  • 9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?

  • 24But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, [and] doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked [man] doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

  • 21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • 38But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • 10For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].

  • 18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

  • 11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • 14They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.

  • 16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

  • 2The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

  • 18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.

  • 16¶ When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

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    24¶ The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

    25As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]: but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.

  • 2¶ Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

  • 27¶ An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and [he that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked.

  • 4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

  • 12¶ The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

  • 22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

  • 12¶ Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.

  • 20For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

  • 13When I shall say to the righteous, [that] he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

  • 6¶ Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.