KJV King James Version
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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Proverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
WEB World English Bible
Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
ASV American Standard Version
Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 11
1 A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.
2 [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.
3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.
7 When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.
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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.Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.Genesis 7:1And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.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.1 Timothy 4:8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.Psalm 49:6-8They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;Luke 12:20But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?Proverbs 12:28In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.Job 36:18-19Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.Romans 5:17For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
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