Proverbs 11:7–8

7  When the wicked dies, zhis hope will perish,

and the expectation of wealth1 perishes too.

8  aThe righteous is delivered from trouble,

and the wicked walks into it instead.

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2 View All Leviticus 19:27
ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]