Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 11:4
4Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath, but righteousness rescues 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 arrogance comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom. 3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them. Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from death. 5The righteousness of the blameless clears his path, but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness. 6The righteousness of the upright rescues them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:4 word by word
לֹא־יוֹעִ֣יל ה֭וֹן בְּי֣וֹם עֶבְרָ֑ה וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה תַּצִּ֥יל מִמָּֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 11:4
- Proverbs 10:2Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone, but righteousness rescues from death.
- Job 36:18Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large ransom lead you astray.
- Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches.
- Ezekiel 7:19They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem like something filthy. Their silver and gold will be unable to save them in the day of the Lord’s wrath. They will not satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs, for these were the stumbling blocks that brought about their iniquity.
- Zephaniah 1:18Their silver and their gold will be unable to rescue them on the day of the Lord’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of his jealousy, for he will make a complete, yes, a horrifying end of all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Matthew 16:26For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?
- Luke 12:20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared — whose will they be?’
- Luke 12:28If that’s how God clothes the grass, which is in the field today and is thrown into the furnace tomorrow, how much more will he do for you — you of little faith?
- Genesis 7:1Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.
- Romans 5:17If by the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
- 1 Timothy 4:8For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life 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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