Bible verse

Proverbs 11:4

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Proverbs 11:4 · BSB

Proverbs 11:4 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 11.

1 Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

2 When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

5 The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

7 When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

8 The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

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Proverbs 11:4 in other translations

KJV

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

ASV

Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

ERV

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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