Proverbs 11:7-8

7 Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise of^[a] their power comes to nothing.

8 The righteous person is rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead.

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Proverbs 11:30-31

Cross References 3

1. S Job 8:13
2. S Proverbs 10:28
3. Proverbs 21:18

Footnotes 1

[a]. Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum "When the wicked die, their hope perishes;" / "all they expected from"

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