Proverbs 11:4

4 Riches will not help when it's time to die, but right living will save you from death.

Proverbs 11:4 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 11:4

Riches profit not in the day of wrath
When God takes away the soul, and summons to judgment, and brings to it; and as riches profited not Rome Pagan, in the day of the Lamb's wrath upon it; so neither will they profit Rome Papal, when it will come in remembrance before God, to give it the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath; see ( Revelation 6:15-17 ) ( 18:15-17 ) ; but righteousness delivereth from death;
from the curse of a corporeal death; from the power of a spiritual one; and from dying the second or an eternal one; (See Gill on Proverbs 10:2); the Targum is,

``from an evil death.''

Proverbs 11:4 In-Context

2 Pride leads only to shame; it is wise to be humble.

3 Good people will be guided by honesty; dishonesty will destroy those who are not trustworthy.

4 Riches will not help when it's time to die, but right living will save you from death.

5 The goodness of the innocent makes life easier, but the wicked will be destroyed by their wickedness.

6 Doing right brings freedom to honest people, but those who are not trustworthy will be caught by their own desires.