Proverbs 11:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ When the wicked dies, his hope perishes, and the expectation of the godless comes to naught.

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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 naught.

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 is overthrown through his evil-doing, but the righteous finds refuge through his integrity.

Psalm 146:4

When his breath departs he returns to his earth; on that very day his plans perish.

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you, though you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who wound you?

Psalm 112:10

The wicked man sees it and is angry; he gnashes his teeth and melts away; the desire of the wicked man comes to naught.

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked gets into it instead.

Proverbs 10:29

The Lord is a stronghold to him whose way is upright, but destruction to evildoers.