Proverbs 11:7
“When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.”
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
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“The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.”
“The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.”
“His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.”
“And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”
“So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:”