New English Translation
Proverbs 10:2
2Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death.
Context of Proverbs 10:2
1The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother. Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger. 3The Lord satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. 4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:2 word by word
לֹא־י֭וֹעִילוּ אוֹצְר֣וֹת רֶ֑שַׁע וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה תַּצִּ֥יל מִמָּֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 10:2
- Proverbs 11:4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
- Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
- Isaiah 10:2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.
- Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”
- Luke 12:15Then he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
- Luke 16:22“Now the 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 stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!
- James 5:1Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.
- Proverbs 12:28In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.
- Daniel 4:27Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged.”
- Romans 5:21so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Philippians 3:9and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness – a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.
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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