Proverbs 11:4
Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 guide them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked shall destroy them.
Cross References
Genesis 7:1And the Lord said to him: Go in thou and all thy house into the ark: for thee I have seen just before me in this generation.
Job 36:18Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man : neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.
Isaiah 10:3What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
Ezekiel 14:14And if these three men, Noe, Daniel, and Job, shall be in it: they shall deliver their own souls by their justice, saith the Lord of hosts.
Matthew 16:26For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give 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 →