Proverbs 11:4
Wealth cannot profit on the day of wrath; but righteousness deliver from death.
Leeser Tanakh
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 guideth them; but the cunning of the treacherous destroyeth them.
Cross References
Genesis 7:1And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy household into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Job 36:18For there would be fury, If aught were to incite thee to utter an abundance [of rebellious words]; and the greatness of the infliction must not mislead thee.
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness will not profit aught; but righteousness will deliver from death.
Isaiah 10:3And what will ye do on the day of the visitation, and at the desolation which will come from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
Ezekiel 14:14And if there be these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, in the midst of it: these through their righteousness should save but their own soul; saith the Lord Eternal.
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 →