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Proverbs 11:7

Proverbs chapter 11 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

v.7This passage

v.8The righteous is delivered out of trouble; And the wicked cometh in his stead.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 12:19

    And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

  • Job 8:13

    So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Exodus 15:9

    The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

  • Proverbs 14:32

    The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.