Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
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In Context
4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
Job 18:7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even 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 →