Proverbs 11:5
Righteousness traces out blameless paths: 1 But ungodliness encounters unjust dealing. 1
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2 Samuel 17:23And Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, and he saddled his ass, and rose and departed to his house into his city; and he gave orders to his household, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulcher of his father.
Job 18:7Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, 1 And let his counsel deceive him. 1
Proverbs 1:18For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; 1 And the overthrow of transgressors is evil. 1
Proverbs 3:6In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, 1 That she may rightly direct thy paths. 1
Proverbs 11:3When a just man dies he leaves regret: 1 But the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy. 1
Proverbs 14:32The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: 1 But he who is secure in his own holiness is just. 1
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 →