28 The hope of the righteous is joy,(A)
but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.(B)

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28 The hope of the righteous is gladness,
    but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

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28 The prospect of the righteous is joy,
    but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.(A)

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28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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30 The righteous will never be shaken,
but the wicked will not remain on the earth.(A)

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30 The righteous one is forever; he will not be removed.
    But the wicked will not remain in the land.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:30 Or “earth”

30 The righteous will never be uprooted,
    but the wicked will not remain in the land.(A)

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30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

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The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

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The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight,
    but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.

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The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,(A)
    but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.(B)

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The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

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When the wicked man dies,
his expectation comes to nothing,
and hope placed in wealth[a][b] vanishes.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:7 LXX reads hope of the ungodly
  2. Proverbs 11:7 Or strength

With the death of a wicked person, hope will die,
    and the expectation of the godless perishes.

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

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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

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

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The righteous one is rescued from trouble;
in his place, the wicked one goes in.(A)

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The righteous is delivered from trouble,
    but the wicked enters into it.

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

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

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10 When the righteous thrive, a city rejoices,(A)
and when the wicked die, there is joyful shouting.

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10 When good is with the righteous, the city rejoices,
    and with the perishing of the wicked, jubilation.

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10 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;(A)
    when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.(B)

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10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

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11 A city is built up by the blessing of the upright,(A)
but it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked.(B)

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11 By the blessing of the upright, a city will be exalted,
    but by the mouth of the wicked, it will be overthrown.

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11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,(A)
    but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.(B)

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11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

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