Proverbs 11:5
The right conduct of a blameless person makes his way straight, 1 but the wicked will fall because of their own wickedness. 1
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4Wealth is worthless on the day of wrath, 1 but doing right keeps you from death. 1
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2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and left. He went home to his own city, set his affairs in order, and hanged himself. In this way he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
Job 18:7The steps of his strength will be made short; 1 his own plans will cast him down. 1
Proverbs 1:18These men lie in wait for their own blood— 1 they set an ambush for their own lives. 1
Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge him 1 and he will make your paths straight. 1
Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, 1 but the crooked ways of the treacherous destroy them. 1
Proverbs 14:32The wicked person is brought down by his evil actions, 1 but the righteous person has a refuge even in death. 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 →