Proverbs 11:5
The righteousnes of the vpright shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:23Nowe when Ahithophel sawe that his counsell was not followed, he sadled his asse, and arose, and he went home vnto his citie, and put his houshold in order, and hanged him selfe, and dyed, and was buryed in his fathers graue.
Job 18:7The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.
Proverbs 1:18So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.
Proverbs 3:6In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
Proverbs 11:3The vprightnes of the iust shall guide them: but the frowardnes of the transgressers shall destroy them.
Proverbs 14:32The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
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 →