Proverbs 11:4
Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 7:1And the Lord said vnto Noah, Enter thou and all thine house into the Arke: for thee haue I seene righteous before me in this age.
Job 36:18For Gods wrath is, least hee should take that away in thine abundance: for no multitude of giftes can deliuer thee.
Proverbs 10:2The treasures of wickednesse profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.
Isaiah 10:3What will ye doe nowe in the day of visitation, and of destruction, which shall come from farre? to whom will ye flee for helpe? and where will ye leaue your glorie?
Ezekiel 14:14Though these three men Noah, Daniel, and Iob were among them, they shoulde deliuer but their owne soules by their righteousnes, saith the Lord God.
Matthew 16:26For what shall it profite a man though he should winne the whole worlde, if hee lose his owne soule? or what shall a man giue for recompence of his soule?
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 →