Proverbs 11:4
Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 7:1And the Lord said vnto Noah: come thou and al thy house into ye arke: for thee haue I seen ryghteous before me in this generation.
Proverbs 10:2Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.
Isaiah 10:3What wyll ye do in the tyme of visitation, and when destruction shall come from farre? to whom wyll ye runne for helpe? and where wyll you leaue your glory?
Matthew 16:26For what doth it profite a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde, and lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man geue for a raunsome of his soule?
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 →