Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the good man maketh his way plain; But the wicked falleth through his wickedness.
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4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.
Cross References
Job 18:7His strong steps shall be straitened, And his own plans shall cast him down.
Proverbs 1:18So they lie in wait for their own blood; They lurk secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 3:6In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will make thy paths plain.
Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Proverbs 14:32By his wickedness the wicked is thrust down; But the righteous hath hope 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 →