Proverbs 11:4
Wealth does not profit in a day of wrath, || And righteousness delivers from death.
Literal Standard Version
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 leads them, || And the perverseness of the treacherous destroys them.
5The righteousness of the perfect makes his way right, || And by his wickedness the wicked fall.
Cross References
Genesis 7:1And YHWH says to Noah, “Come, you and all your house, into the Ark, for I have seen you [are] righteous before Me in this generation;
Job 36:18Lest He move you with a stroke, || And the abundance of an atonement not turn you aside.
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness do not profit, || And righteousness delivers from death.
Isaiah 10:3And what do you do at a day of inspection? And at desolation that comes from afar? Near whom do you flee for help? And where do you leave your glory?
Ezekiel 14:14and [despite] these three men [that] have been in its midst: Noah, Daniel, and Job—they [only] deliver their own soul by their righteousness,” a declaration of Lord YHWH.
Matthew 16:26for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his 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 →