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Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,but righteousness rescues from death.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Riches;   Thompson Chain Reference - Poverty-Riches;   Riches, Earthly;   Treasures, Earthly;   The Topic Concordance - Day of the Lord;   Death;   Deliverance;   Profit;   Righteousness;   Wealth;   Wrath;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Protection;   Riches;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Alms;   Proverbs, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judgment Day;   Proverbs, Book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Alms;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Rich (and forms);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alms;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Alms;   Anger;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
King James Version
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
English Standard Version
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
New American Standard Bible
Riches do not benefit on the day of wrath, But righteousness rescues from death.
New Century Version
Riches will not help when it's time to die, but right living will save you from death.
New English Translation
Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
Amplified Bible
Riches will not provide security in the day of wrath and judgment, But righteousness rescues from death.
World English Bible
Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.
Legacy Standard Bible
Wealth will not profit in the day of wrath,But righteousness will deliver from death.
Berean Standard Bible
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Contemporary English Version
When God is angry, money won't help you. Obeying God is the only way to be saved from death.
Complete Jewish Bible
On the day of wrath, wealth doesn't help; but righteousness rescues from death.
Darby Translation
Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Easy-to-Read Version
Money is worthless when you face God's punishment, but living right will save you from death.
George Lamsa Translation
Riches profit not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivers from death.
Good News Translation
Riches will do you no good on the day you face death, but honesty can save your life.
Lexham English Bible
Wealth does not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness will deliver from death.
Literal Translation
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Riches helpe not in the daye of vengeaunce, but rightuousnesse delyuereth fro death.
American Standard Version
Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.
Bible in Basic English
Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Riches profit not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.
King James Version (1611)
Riches profite not in the day of wrath: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death.
English Revised Version
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Richessis schulen not profite in the dai of veniaunce; but riytfulnesse schal delyuere fro deth.
Update Bible Version
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivers from death.
Webster's Bible Translation
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
New King James Version
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
New Living Translation
Riches won't help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death.
New Life Bible
Riches are of no use in the day of God's anger, but being right with God saves from death.
New Revised Standard
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Wealth, shall not profit, in the day of wrath, but, righteousness, shall deliver from death.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death.
Revised Standard Version
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Young's Literal Translation
Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
THE MESSAGE
A thick bankroll is no help when life falls apart, but a principled life can stand up to the worst.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.

Contextual Overview

4Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,but righteousness rescues from death.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Riches: Proverbs 10:2, Job 36:18, Job 36:19, Psalms 49:6-8, Ezekiel 7:19, Zephaniah 1:18, Matthew 16:26, Luke 12:20

but: Proverbs 12:28, Genesis 7:1, Romans 5:17, 1 Timothy 4:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 7:23 - and Noah Job 20:28 - and his goods Job 21:30 - day Psalms 49:9 - That he Psalms 49:10 - leave Proverbs 8:18 - and righteousness Proverbs 11:19 - righteousness Proverbs 18:11 - General Ecclesiastes 5:13 - riches Ecclesiastes 7:12 - the excellency Isaiah 10:3 - where Jeremiah 9:23 - rich Jeremiah 48:36 - the riches Ezekiel 14:14 - deliver Ezekiel 27:27 - Thy riches Zechariah 9:4 - the Lord Matthew 6:19 - General Romans 2:5 - the day James 5:1 - ye James 5:20 - from death

Cross-References

Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth both in those days and afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.
Genesis 11:8
So from there the Lord scattered them throughout the earth, and they stopped building the city.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore it is called Babylon, for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them throughout the earth.
Genesis 11:11
After he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:13
After he fathered Shelah, Arpachshad lived 403 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
Deuteronomy 1:28
Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart, saying: The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, fortified to the heavens. We also saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’
Deuteronomy 4:27
The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors among the nations where the Lord your God will drive you.
Deuteronomy 9:1
“Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and drive out nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
2 Samuel 8:13
David made a reputation for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.
Psalms 92:9
For indeed, Lord, your enemies—indeed, your enemies will perish;all evildoers will be scattered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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;

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; Revelation 6:15- :; the Targum is,

"from an evil death.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The 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.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 11:4. Riches 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.


 
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