Proverbs 11:6-8

BRG Bible

⁶The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

⁷When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

⁸The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

Proverbs 11:6-8

New International Version

⁶The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.^(A)

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

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