American Standard Version
Proverbs 11:4
4Riches profit not in the day of wrath;But righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 11:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
- New International Version (NIV)Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
Context of Proverbs 11:4
2When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom. 3The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them. Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death. 5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:4 word by word
לֹא־יוֹעִ֣יל ה֭וֹן בְּי֣וֹם עֶבְרָ֑ה וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה תַּצִּ֥יל מִמָּֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 11:4
- Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.
- Job 36:18For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
- Psalms 49:6They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
- Ezekiel 7:19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
- Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
- Matthew 16:26For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
- Luke 12:20But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
- Luke 12:28But if God doth so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more shall he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
- Genesis 7:1And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
- Romans 5:17For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.
- 1 Timothy 4:8for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
Commentaries on Proverbs 11:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Riches profit not in the day of wrath - Among men they can do all things; but they cannot purchase the remission of sins, nor turn aside the wrath of God when that is poured out upon the opulent transgressor.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The day of wrath - Words true in their highest sense of the great “diesirae” of the future, but spoken in the first instance (compare Zephaniah 1:15-18) of any “day of the Lord,” any time of judgment, when men or nations receive the chastisement of their sins. At such a time “riches profit not.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4Verse 4 Riches will stand men in no stead in the day of death.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Living rightly, which comes from wisdom, is more important than wealth. There is nothing wrong with riches (Proverbs 10:15, 22; 14:24) if earned honestly (compare 13:11; 21:6; 22:16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. (Compare Pr 10:2). wrath--that is, of God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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