Proverbs 11:7-9

New International Version

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)