Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
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4Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home to his city, set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
Job 18:7The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.
Proverbs 1:18but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 3:6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
Proverbs 14:32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
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 →