Proverbs 11:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Significant words, as showing the belief that when the righteous died, his “expectation” (i. e., his hope for the future) did not perish. The second clause is rendered by some, “the expectation that brings sorrow.”

Proverbs 11:7

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