Proverbs 11:4
Wealth will not profit in the day of vengeance. But justice shall liberate from death.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
In Context
3The simplicity of the just shall direct them, and the rebellion of the perverse will devastate them.
5The justice of the simple shall direct his way. And the impious will fall in his impiety.
Cross References
Genesis 7:1And the Lord said to him: “Enter the ark, you and all your house. For I have seen you to be just in my sight, within this generation.
Job 36:18Therefore, do not let anger overwhelm you so that you oppress another; neither should you allow a multitude of gifts to influence you.
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of impiety will profit nothing. Truly, justice shall liberate from death.
Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of visitation and calamity which is approaching from afar? To whom will you flee for assistance? And where will you leave behind your own glory,
Ezekiel 14:14And if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver their own souls by their justice, says the Lord of hosts.
Matthew 16:26For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet truly suffers damage to his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:4
Advantages of the Righteous. 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. It is not only promised that God will guide the upright, and threatened that he will destroy the transgressors, but, that we may be the more fully assured of both, it is here represented as if the nature of the thing were such on both sides that it would do it itself. 1. The integrity of an honest man will itself be his guide in the way of duty and the way of safety. His… Read the whole commentary →