Proverbs 11:7

7 When the wicked die, their hope perishes, and the expectation of the godless comes to nothing.

Proverbs 11:7 In-Context

5 The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright saves them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.
7 When the wicked die, their hope perishes, and the expectation of the godless comes to nothing.
8 The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked get into it instead.
9 With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
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