Proverbs 11:5
The ryghteousnesse of the innocent ordereth his way: but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wickednesse.
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In Context
4Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:18So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues.
Proverbs 3:6In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall order thy goynges.
Proverbs 11:3The innocent dealyng of the iust shall leade them: but the wickednesse of the offendours shalbe their owne destruction.
Proverbs 14:32The vngodly is cast away for his iniquitie: but the ryghteous hath a good hope, euen in death.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:5
4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. Note, 1. The day of death will be a day of wrath. It is a messenger of God's wrath; therefore when Moses had meditated on man's mortality he takes occasion thence to admire the power of God's anger, Ps. cx. 11 . It is a debt owing, not to nature, but to God's justice. After death the judgment, and that is a day of wrath, Rev. vi. 17 . 2. Riches will stand men in no stead that day. They will neither put by the stroke nor ease the… Read the whole commentary →