Proverbs 11:4
Wealth won't help you on judgment day, but goodness saves you from death.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
In Context
3Honesty guides the good, but deceit destroys liars.
5The goodness of the innocent keeps them on track, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Cross References
Genesis 7:1The Lord told Noah, “Go into the ark with all your family. I have seen how you are a man of integrity, living a moral life among the people of this generation.
Job 36:18But be careful that your anger doesn't seduce you into mockery; and don't let the size of the ‘bribe’ lead you into sin.
Proverbs 10:2Wealth gained through evil does you no good; but living right saves you from death.
Isaiah 10:3What are you going to do on the day you're punished, when disaster falls on you from far away? Who are you going to run to so you can get help? Where are you going to leave all your wealth?
Ezekiel 14:14Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job, these three men, were present their good lives would only save themselves, declares the Lord God.
Matthew 16:26What benefit is it for you to gain the whole world, yet lose your life? What would you give in exchange for your life?
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 →