Proverbs 11:4
Wealth, shall not profit, in the day of wrath, but, righteousness, shall deliver from death.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark,—for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.
Job 36:18Because there is wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with a stroke, Then let not, a great ransom, mislead thee.
Proverbs 10:2The treasures of lawlessness, do not profit, but, righteousness, delivereth from death.
Isaiah 10:3What, then, will ye do for the day of visitation, And for the devastation, which from afar, shall come? Unto whom, will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your gory?
Ezekiel 14:14Then should these three men be in the midst thereof, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they by their righteousness should deliver their own lives— Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Matthew 16:26For what shall a man be profited, though, the whole world, he gain, and, his life, he forfeit? Or what shall a man 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 →