Proverbs 11:4
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Berean Standard Bible
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 guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
5The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Cross References
Genesis 7:1Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
Job 36:18Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
Proverbs 10:2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
Ezekiel 14:14then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can 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 →