Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Cross-references
In Proverbs 11:23, the same contrast is made: the expectation of the wicked is wrath — expanding on why their hope perishes.
Proverbs 10:28 echoes the same truth: the wicked's expectation perishes — directly parallel to hope perishing here.
Proverbs 14:32 also contrasts the wicked's death (overthrown) with refuge — parallel theme of the wicked's end.
Job 8:13 states the same: the hope of the godless perishes — directly parallel to the expectation here.
In Job 8:14, Bildad uses the same image: the godless person's confidence is as fragile as a spider's web — their hope perishes at death.
In Job 11:20, Zophar says the wicked's hope is to breathe their last — directly matching the idea that their expectation comes to nothing.
In Luke 12:20, God declares the fool's soul required that night — directly illustrating the sudden end of his hope.
In Psalm 112:10, the wicked's longing comes to nothing — a near verbatim parallel to the expectation perishing.
In Psalm 146:4, all human plans perish at death — a broader statement that includes the wicked's hope, though not limited to them.