Proverbs 11:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ When the wicked man is dead, there shall be no hope any more: and the expectation of the solicitous shall perish.

Proverbs 11:7 Cross References

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee, And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 146:4

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

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the LORD is a strong hold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing: But the righteous hath hope in his death.

Ezekiel 28:9

Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth thee.