Proverbs 11:7

Webster's Bible (1833)

When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, And expectation of power comes to nothing.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:28 : 28 The prospect of the righteous is joy, But the hope of the wicked will perish.
  • Job 8:13-14 : 13 So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish, 14 Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider's web.
  • Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, They shall have no way to flee; Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."
  • Ps 146:4 : 4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the 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 desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.' 10 You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked is brought down in his calamity, But in death, the righteous has a refuge.
  • Ezek 28:9 : 9 Will you yet say before him who kills you, I am God? but you are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds you.
  • Luke 12:19-20 : 19 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."' 20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:28-29
    2 verses
    85%

    28The prospect of the righteous is joy, But the hope of the wicked will perish.

    29The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 14:32
    82%

    32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, But in death, the righteous has a refuge.

  • Prov 11:8
    79%

    8A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked takes his place.

  • Job 11:20
    79%

    20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, They shall have no way to flee; Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."

  • Prov 11:23
    75%

    23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Job 8:13-14
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    75%

    13So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,

    14Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider's web.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    75%

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

    4Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, But the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

  • Job 27:8
    73%

    8For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, When God takes away his life?

  • Ezek 18:26
    73%

    26When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done shall he die.

  • Eccl 7:15
    73%

    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evil-doing.

  • Ps 1:6
    73%

    6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 28:28
    72%

    28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous thrive.

  • Prov 12:7
    72%

    7The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, But the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Ps 92:7
    72%

    7Though the wicked spring up as the grass, And all the evil-doers flourish, They will be destroyed forever.

  • Prov 11:10
    72%

    10When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.

  • Isa 57:1
    72%

    1The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

  • Eccl 8:13
    71%

    13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.

  • Ezek 33:18
    71%

    18When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.

  • Prov 21:7
    71%

    7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, Because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Job 17:15
    71%

    15Where then is my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it?

  • Prov 11:19
    71%

    19He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

  • Job 41:9
    71%

    9Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

  • Ezek 18:24
    71%

    24But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Ps 37:38
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    38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Ps 37:10
    70%

    10For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

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

  • Isa 3:11
    69%

    11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; For the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

  • Job 36:14
    69%

    14They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

  • Job 5:16
    69%

    16So the poor has hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.

  • Mic 7:2
    69%

    2The godly man has perished out of the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.

  • Ps 9:18
    69%

    18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

  • Prov 29:16
    69%

    16When the wicked increase, sin increases; But the righteous will see their downfall.

  • Prov 10:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    24What the wicked fear, will overtake them, But the desire of the righteous will be granted.

    25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; But the righteous stand firm forever.

  • Prov 10:2
    69%

    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 29:27
    69%

    27A dishonest man detests the righteous, And the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

  • Ps 146:4
    69%

    4His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

  • Prov 21:12
    69%

    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, And brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Prov 2:22
    69%

    22But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

  • Prov 13:12
    69%

    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

  • Prov 24:20
    69%

    20For there will be no reward to the evil man; And the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

  • Ezek 33:13
    69%

    13When I tell the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he has committed, therein shall he die.

  • Prov 13:6
    69%

    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, But wickedness overthrows the sinner.