KJV King James Version
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
WEB World English Bible
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
ASV American Standard Version
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 10
1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4 He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5 He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
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Proverbs 11:4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.Proverbs 12:28In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.Psalm 49:6-10They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.Romans 5:21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.Ezekiel 7:19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.Isaiah 10:2-3To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and [that] they may rob the fatherless!Daniel 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.Luke 16:22-23And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;James 5:1-3Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you].Luke 12:15-21And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.Philippians 3:9And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:Romans 2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
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