Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless, shall smooth his way, but, by his own lawlessness, shall the lawless one, fall.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4Wealth, shall not profit, in the day of wrath, but, righteousness, shall deliver from death.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:23Now, when, Ahithophel, saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went unto his own house, unto his own city, and gave charge unto his household, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the grave of his father.
Job 18:7The steppings of his strength are hemmed in, and his own counsel casteth him down;
Proverbs 1:18Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
Proverbs 3:6In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.
Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright, shall guide them, but, the crookedness of the treacherous, shall be their ruin.
Proverbs 14:32By his own wickedness, shall the lawless man, be thrust down, but the righteous, seeketh refuge in his integrity.
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 →