Proverbs 11:4

4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 11:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
ESV
4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
NLT
4 Riches won’t help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death.
MSG
4 A thick bankroll is no help when life falls apart, but a principled life can stand up to the worst.
CSB
4 Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath, but righteousness rescues 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 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.
4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
5 The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Ezekiel 27:27
  • 2. S Job 20:20; S Ezekiel 7:19; Zephaniah 1:18
  • 3. Genesis 7:1; S Proverbs 10:2
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