Proverbs 11:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

Proverbs 11:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Job 8:13-14
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: …
Job 11:20
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.
Luke 12:19-20
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. …
Exodus 15:9-10
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. …

Topics

Character Constancy Dead (people)Death Decision Depravity of Man Dishonesty Dying

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 expectat…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7. expectation ... perish--for death cuts short all his plans (Lu 16:25). hope of unjust--better, “hope of wealth,” or “power” (compare Is 40:29, Hebrew). This gives an advance on the sentiment of the first clause. Even hopes of gain die with him.