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Proverbs 11:4
4Wealth profiteth 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
2[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom. 3The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroyeth them. Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death. 5The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness. 6The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.
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 36:18Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
- Psalms 49:6They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. ...
- Ezekiel 7:19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an impurity: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their belly; for it hath been the stumbling-block of their iniquity.
- Zephaniah 1:18their silver and their gold shall not 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 a full end, yea, a sudden [end], shall he make of all them that dwell in the land.
- Matthew 16:26For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Luke 12:20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
- Luke 12:28But if God thus clothe the grass, which to-day is in the field and to-morrow is cast into [the] oven, how much rather you, O ye of little faith?
- Genesis 7:1And Jehovah said to Noah, Go into the ark, thou and all thy house; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
- Romans 5:17For if by the offence of the one death reigned by the one, much rather shall those who receive the abundance of grace, and of the free gift of righteousness, reign in life by the one Jesus Christ:)
- 1 Timothy 4:8for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that 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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