English Standard Version
Proverbs 10:2
2Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 10:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
- New International Version (NIV)Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value, but righteousness delivers from death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Tainted wealth has no lasting value, but right living can save your life.
Context of Proverbs 10:2
1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. 3The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. 4A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:2 word by word
לֹא־י֭וֹעִילוּ אוֹצְר֣וֹת רֶ֑שַׁע וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה תַּצִּ֥יל מִמָּֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:2
- Proverbs 11:4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
- Psalms 49:6those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?
- Isaiah 10:2to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
- Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the Lord. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Luke 12:15And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
- Luke 16:22The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried,
- Romans 2:5But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
- James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
- Proverbs 12:28In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.
- Daniel 4:27Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity."
- Romans 5:21so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Philippians 3:9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—
Commentaries on Proverbs 10:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Treasures of wickedness - Property gained by wicked means. Delivered from death - Treasures gained by robbery often bring their possessors to an untimely death; but those gained by righteous dealing bring with them no such consequences.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Righteousness - Including, perhaps, the idea of benevolence. Compare the use of ́ dikaiosunē in Matthew 6:1 (the older reading), and 2 Corinthians 9:9-10.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2-3Verses 2-3 Though the righteous may be poor, the Lord will not suffer him to want what is needful for spiritual life.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Ill-gotten treasures...righteousness: The book of Proverbs values good behavior more than money (see also Proverbs 11:18; 13:11, 22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Treasures ... nothing--that is, Ill-gotten gains give no true happiness (compare Pr 4:17; Mt 6:19). righteousness--especially beneficence (Psa 112:9). death--the greatest of all evils.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 10
- 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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