Proverbs 11:7

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When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and hope based on power has perished.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:28 : 28 The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked perishes.
  • Job 8:13-14 : 13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes, 14 whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider’s web.
  • Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”
  • Ps 146:4 : 4 Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.
  • Exod 15:9-9 : 9 The enemy said,‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’ 10 But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.
  • Ezek 28:9 : 9 Will you still say,“I am a god,” before the one who kills you– though you are a man and not a god– when you are in the power of those who wound you?
  • Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to myself,“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’ 20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

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  • Prov 10:28-29
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    28The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked perishes.

    29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.

  • Job 11:20
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    20But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Job 8:13-14
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    13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,

    14whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider’s web.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

    4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Job 27:8
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    8For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15Exceptions to the Law of Retribution During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

  • Prov 28:28
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    28When the wicked gain control, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

  • Ps 92:7
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    7When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

  • Prov 11:10
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    10When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy.

  • Isa 57:1
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    1The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Job 17:15
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    15where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?

  • Prov 11:19
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    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Job 41:9
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    9(41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.

  • Ezek 18:24
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    24“But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

  • Ps 37:38
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    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

  • Prov 23:18
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    18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

  • Job 36:14
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    14They die in their youth, and their life ends among the male cultic prostitutes.

  • Job 5:16
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    16Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

  • Mic 7:2
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    2Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

  • Ps 9:18
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    18for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.

  • Prov 10:24-25
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    24What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.

    25When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Ps 146:4
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    4Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

  • Prov 13:12
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    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

  • Prov 24:20
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    20for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

  • Ezek 33:13
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    13Suppose I tell the righteous that he will certainly live, but he becomes confident in his righteousness and commits iniquity. None of his righteous deeds will be remembered; because of the iniquity he has committed he will die.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.