Proverbs 11:4 “Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings del…”

Proverbs 11:4

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.

Darby Translation

Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.

Young's Literal Translation

Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And 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.

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“Riches”

Proverbs 10:2 Zephaniah 1:18 Ezekiel 7:19 Psalm 49:6–8 Matthew 16:26 Luke 12:20

Proverbs 10:2 · BSB

Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Zephaniah 1:18 · BSB

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on th…

Ezekiel 7:19 · BSB

They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with…

Psalm 49:6–8 · BSB

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Matthew 16:26 · BSB

What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Luke 12:20 · BSB

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

“but”

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

Genesis 7:1 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

1 Timothy 4:8 · BSB

For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

Proverbs 12:28 · BSB

There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.

Romans 5:17 · BSB

For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

Read Proverbs 11