Proverbs 11:7

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked shall look [for relief] in vain, and they shall not escape [the justice of God]; and their hope shall be to give up the ghost.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked man will see it and be grieved and angered, he will gnash his teeth and disappear [in despair]; the desire of the wicked shall perish and come to nothing.

Psalm 146:4

When his breath leaves him, he returns to his earth; in that very day his [previous] thoughts, plans, and purposes perish. [I Cor. 2:6.]

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked (those who are out of harmony with God) comes to nothing.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is strength and a stronghold to the upright, but it is destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 11:8

The [uncompromisingly] righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked gets into it instead.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing and calamity, but the [consistently] righteous has hope and confidence even in death.

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you still say, I am a god, before him who slays you? But you are only a man [made of earth] and no god in the hand of him who wounds and profanes you.