Proverbs 11:7 (BSB)

When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

From Proverbs 11. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 11:7

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 11:7: Note, 1. Even wicked men, while they live, may keep up a confident expectation of a happiness when they die, or at least a happiness in this world. The hypocrite has his hope, in which he wraps himself as the spider in her web.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 11:7: When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish,.... His expectation of a longer life, of getting more riches, attaining to more honour, enjoying more pleasure here, and of having happiness hereafter, and of being delivered from wrath to come; he will then find, when he comes to die, that his expectations in this world are vain, and those which respect happiness in another world...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 11:7: expectation . . . perish--for death cuts short all his plans (Luk 16:25). hope of unjust--better, "hope of wealth," or "power" (compare Isa 40:29, Hebrew). This gives an advance on the sentiment of the first clause. Even hopes of gain die with him.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 11:7: Pro 11:7 Three proverbs regarding destruction and salvation: 7 When a godless man dies, his hope cometh to nought, And the expectation of those who stand in fulness of strength is destroyed. We have already remarked in the Introduction that אדם is a favourite word of the Chokma, and the terminological distinction of different classes and properties of men (vid., pp.