Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness do not profit; But righteousness delivereth from death.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
In Context
3The LORD will not suffer the righteous to famish; But he disappointeth the craving of the wicked.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 13:11Wealth gotten by vanity will become small; But he who gathereth it into the hand increaseth it.
Isaiah 10:2To turn away the needy from judgment, And rob the poor of my people of their right; That the widows may become their prey, And that they may plunder the orphans.
Daniel 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thy iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening out of thy tranquility.
Luke 12:15And he said to them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for even when one hath great abundance, his life doth not depend upon his possessions.
Romans 2:5But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou art treasuring up for thyself wrath against the day of wrath and of the manifestation of the righteous judgment of God,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:2
Weighty Sayings. 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Solomon, speaking to us as unto children, observes here how much the comfort of parents, natural, political, and ecclesiastical, depends upon the good behaviour of those under their charge, as a reason, 1. Why parents should be careful to give their children a good education, and to train them up in the ways of religion, which, if it obtain the desired effect, they themselves will have the… Read the whole commentary →