Proverbs 11:4

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

2If people are proud, they will soon become ashamed. But if people are humble, they become wise. 3Good people are honest, and that shows them the right way to live. But wicked people are not honest, and that destroys them. When it is time for God to punish you, money will not help you to escape. But if you are righteous, that will save you from death. 5An honest man who is righteous has a straight path to walk on. But the sins of a wicked person will cause him to fall down. 6When honest people are righteous, that will keep them safe. But the bad things that wicked people want will catch them in a trap.

Proverbs 11:4 word by word

לֹא־יוֹעִ֣יל ה֭וֹן בְּי֣וֹם עֶבְרָ֑ה וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה תַּצִּ֥יל מִמָּֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Richesהוֹןhôn · substanceH1952
• profitיָעַלya‛al · to gainH3276
• not in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678
• but righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
• deliverethנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• from deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194

Cross-references for Proverbs 11:4

• Proverbs 10:2If you are not honest, your money will not help you. But if you are righteous, it will save you from death.
• Job 36:18Be very careful! Do not let anyone use their riches to deceive you. Do not let them pay you a lot of money to do something that is wrong.
• Psalms 49:6Those people think that their money will keep them safe. They are proud about their riches.
• Ezekiel 7:19They will throw their silver away in the streets. They will think that their gold has no value, like dirt. Their silver and their gold will not be able to save them on the day of the Lord's great anger. When they are hungry, their money will not buy them any food. It is their riches that have caused them to do wicked things.
• Zephaniah 1:18Their money will not save them, on the day when the Lord is angry. He watches. And he is angry when his people love other gods. So he will send fire on the earth. Yes, he will quickly kill all the people who live in Judah.
• Matthew 16:26A person may get everything in the whole world for himself. But if he loses his life, it will not be any good for him. There is nothing that a person can give to get back his life.
• Luke 12:20But then God said to the man, “You are a fool! Tonight you will die. You will have to leave everything behind that you have stored. Somebody else will have them, but you will not!” ’
• Luke 12:28It is God that gives beautiful clothes even to the grass. One day the grass is growing in the field, but the next day people will cut it and burn it. God will certainly take care of you, much more than he takes care of the grass. You should trust him more than you do!
• Genesis 7:1Then the Lord said to Noah, ‘Go into the ship. Take your wife and family with you. I can see that you alone do what is right, among all the people on the earth.
• Romans 5:17One man, Adam, did not obey God, and death began to rule everyone as a result. But what the one man, Jesus Christ, did is much greater! Because of him, people can become right with God. They receive that great gift from God because he is very good and very kind. Because of what Jesus Christ has done, those people will rule like kings in their lives.
• 1 Timothy 4:8People say this: ‘If a person works to make his body strong and healthy, that will help him a little. But if a person works to live in a way that makes God happy, that will help him much more. It will help that person in his life now on earth. It will also help him in his future life with God in heaven.’

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

Topics related to Proverbs 11:4

• Riches

In the dictionaries

• Poetry
• Profit
• Pursue
• Scatter
• Secret
• Smart
• Suretiship
• Surety
• Void
• Alms; Almsgiving

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