7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
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The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: …
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
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. …
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7)Note, 1. Even wicked men, while they live, may keep up a confident expectation of a happiness when they die, or at least a happiness in this world. The hypocrite has his hope, in which he wraps himself as the spider in her web. The worldling expects great matters from his wealth; he calls it goods laid up for many years , and hopes to take his ease in it and to be merry; but in death their expecta…
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