Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
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4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:23Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.
Job 18:7The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.
Proverbs 1:18And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
Proverbs 3:6In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
Proverbs 11:3The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
Proverbs 14:32The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:5
4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. Note, 1. The day of death will be a day of wrath. It is a messenger of God's wrath; therefore when Moses had meditated on man's mortality he takes occasion thence to admire the power of God's anger, Ps. cx. 11 . It is a debt owing, not to nature, but to God's justice. After death the judgment, and that is a day of wrath, Rev. vi. 17 . 2. Riches will stand men in no stead that day. They will neither put by the stroke nor ease the… Read the whole commentary →