THEOSISProverbs 11:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
When the wicked man is dead, there shall be no hope any more: and the expectation of the solicitous shall perish.
בְּמ֤וֹת אָדָ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע תֹּאבַ֣ד תִּקְוָ֑ה וְתוֹחֶ֖לֶת אוֹנִ֣ים אָבָֽדָה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 10:28The expectation of the just is joy: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
- Job 8:13Even so are the ways of all that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish:
- Job 8:14His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider's web.
- Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.
- Prov 14:32The wicked man shall be driven out in his wickedness: but the just hath hope in his death.
- Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years. Take thy rest: eat, drink, make good cheer.
- Luke 12:20But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee. And whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?
- Ex 15:9The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them.