Proverbs 11:7

Contemporary English Version 1995

When the wicked die, their hopes die with them.

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If you obey the Lord, you will be happy, but there is no future for the wicked.

But those who are evil will go blind and lose their way. Their only escape is death!

In times of trouble the wicked are destroyed, but even at death the innocent have faith.

Once they die and are buried, that will be the end of all their plans.

When you face your enemies, will you still claim to be a god? They will attack, and you will suffer like any other human.

When evil people see this, they angrily bite their tongues and disappear. They will never get what they really want.

Trouble goes right past the Lord's people and strikes the wicked.

The Lord protects everyone who lives right, but he destroys anyone who does wrong.