Proverbs 11:4
Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
In Context
3The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroyeth them.
5The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness.
Cross References
Genesis 7:1And Jehovah said to Noah, Go into the ark, thou and all thy house; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Job 36:18Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Isaiah 10:3And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the sudden destruction [which] shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help, and where will ye leave your glory?
Ezekiel 14:14though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, should be in it, they should deliver [but] their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Matthew 16:26For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of 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 →