Proverbs 11:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ When the wicked die, hope perishes, and the expectation of strength comes to nothing.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: And the hope of unjust men perisheth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ When the wicked man dies, his hope [for the future] perishes; and the expectation of the godless comes to nothing.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.

Common English Bible

⁷ When the wicked die, their hope perishes. Yes, any hope based on money perishes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ When the impious man is dead, there will no longer be any hope. And the expectation of the anxious will perish.

Proverbs 11:7 Cross References

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing, but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.

Psalm 146:4

When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you still say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a mortal and no god, in the hands of those who pierce you?

Psalm 112:10

The wicked see it and are angry; they gnash their teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked comes to nothing.

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked come into it instead.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright but destruction for evildoers.