Proverbs 10:2
Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
In Context
1A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:4Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death.
Proverbs 13:11Uaynly gotten goodes are soone spent: but they that be gathered together with the hande, shall encrease.
Isaiah 10:2Where thorowe the poore are put from their right, and my seelie people robbed of iudgement, that wydowes may be their pray, and that they may rob the fatherlesse.
Luke 12:15And he sayde vnto them, Take heede & beware of couetousnes: For no mans lyfe standeth in the aboundaunce of the thynges which he possesseth.
Romans 2:5But thou after thy stubbernnesse and heart that can not repent, heapest vnto thy selfe wrath, agaynst the daye of wrath and declaration of the righteous iudgement of God:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:2
Weighty Sayings. 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Solomon, speaking to us as unto children, observes here how much the comfort of parents, natural, political, and ecclesiastical, depends upon the good behaviour of those under their charge, as a reason, 1. Why parents should be careful to give their children a good education, and to train them up in the ways of religion, which, if it obtain the desired effect, they themselves will have the… Read the whole commentary →