Proverbs 11:5
The goodness of the innocent keeps them on track, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
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4Wealth won't help you on judgment day, but goodness saves you from death.
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2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel realized that his advice had been ignored, he saddled up his donkey and left for his home in the town where he lived. He put his affairs in order and then he hanged himself. He died and was buried in his father's tomb.
Job 18:7Instead of taking strong strides they stumble, and their own plans cause them to fall.
Proverbs 1:18However, these evil people hide ready to kill others, but they themselves are the victims. They're only ambushing themselves!
Proverbs 3:6Remember him in everything you do, and he'll show you the right way.
Proverbs 11:3Honesty guides the good, but deceit destroys liars.
Proverbs 14:32Wicked people are brought down by their own evil actions, but those who live right are confident 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 →