Proverbs 11:7-9

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When the wicked man dies, his expectation will perish;
And the hope of [godless] strong men perishes.
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^[a]The righteous is rescued from trouble,
And the wicked takes his place.
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With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge and discernment the righteous will be rescued.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 11:8 The famous eleventh-century rabbi known as Rashi told a fable illustrating this verse. He said that a fox once told a wolf to come with him and he would give him abundant food. It was night, and the fox led the wolf to a well with a bucket at each end of the rope. The fox got into the bucket at the top of the well and rode down to the bottom. When the wolf asked him what he was doing, the fox pointed to the reflection of the moon in the water and said, “There is plenty of cheese and meat down here. Get in the other bucket and come down right away!” The wolf did, and as he went down the fox was pulled up in the first bucket. When the fox got to the top, the wolf said, “How am I supposed to get out?” Thereupon the fox quoted this verse to him.