Proverbs 11:4
Wealth is worthless on the day of wrath, 1 but doing right keeps you from death. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 guides them, 1 but the crooked ways of the treacherous destroy them. 1
Cross References
Genesis 7:1Yahweh said to Noah, “Come, you and all your household, into the ark, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
Job 36:18Do not let your anger entice you to mockery, 1 or the greatness of a ransom to turn you aside. 1
Proverbs 10:2Treasures accumulated by wickedness have no value, 1 but doing what is right keeps you from death. 1
Isaiah 10:3What will you do on judgment day when the destruction comes from far away? 1 To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth? 1
Ezekiel 14:14then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in the land's midst, they could only rescue their own lives by their righteousness—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
Matthew 16:26For what does it profit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? What can a person give in 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 →