Proverbs 11:5
Righteousness + 11:5 Gr. right divides. traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.
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2 Samuel 17:23And Achitophel 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 + 17:23 Comp. the Greek with Matt 27:5. hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Job 18:7Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive him.
Proverbs 1:18For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.
Proverbs 3:6In all your ways acquaint yourself with her, that she may rightly + 3:6 Gr. divide. See 2 Tim 2:13. direct your paths.
Proverbs 11:3+ 11:3 the Alexandrine text reads: “The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the overthrow of the rebellious shall spoil them.” When a just man dies he + 11:3 Comp. Heb. leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.
Proverbs 14:32The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: but + 14:32 Comp. Heb. he who is secure in his own holiness is just.
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 →