Proverbs 11:7-9

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⁷ When the wicked die, hope perishes,
    and the expectation of strength comes to nothing.^(A)
8 The righteous are delivered from trouble,
    and the wicked come into it instead.^(B)
9 With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors,
    but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.