Proverbs 11:7-9

Contemporary English Version

⁷When the wicked die,
their hopes die with them.
⁸Trouble goes right past
the Lord's people
and strikes the wicked.

⁹Dishonest people use gossip
to destroy their neighbors;
good people are protected
by their own good sense.

Proverbs 11:7-9

New International Version

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

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

⁹With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.^(D)

Proverbs 11:7 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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