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Proverbs 11:7-9
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7 With the death of a wicked person, hope will die,
    and the expectation of the godless perishes.
8 The righteous is delivered from trouble,
    but the wicked enters into it.
9 With a mouth, the godless shall destroy his neighbor,
    but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

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Proverbs 11:7-9
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7 Hopes placed in mortals die with them;(A)
    all the promise of[a] their power comes to nothing.(B)

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

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

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  1. 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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