Proverbs 10:2

American Standard Version (1901)

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־י֭וֹעִילוּ אוֹצְר֣וֹת רֶ֑שַׁע וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה תַּצִּ֥יל מִמָּֽוֶת׃

Transliteration

lōʾ-yôʿîlû ʾôṣərôt rešaʿ wə-ṣədāqāh taṣṣîl mimmāwet

Grammar Details

• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yôʿîlû*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - profit/avail
• *ʾôṣərôt*: masculine plural construct - treasures of
• *rešaʿ*: masculine singular noun - wickedness
• *wə-ṣədāqāh*: conjunction + feminine singular noun - and righteousness
• *taṣṣîl*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - delivers/rescues
• *mimmāwet*: preposition + masculine singular noun - from death

Word Meanings

• *yôʿîlû*: profit/benefit/avail
• *ʾôṣərôt*: treasures/storehouses/wealth
• *rešaʿ*: wickedness/evil/wrong
• *ṣədāqāh*: righteousness/justice/right conduct
• *taṣṣîl*: delivers/rescues/saves

Referenced Verses

• Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.
• Prov 21:6 : 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
• Isa 10:2-3 : 2 to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey! 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
• Ezek 7:19 : 19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
• Dan 4:27 : 27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
• Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
• Luke 12:15-21 : 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
• Luke 16:22-23 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried. 23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Rom 5:21 : 21 that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Phil 3:9 : 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, [even] that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
• Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.
• Prov 12:28 : 28 In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.
• Ps 49:6-9 : 6 They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him; 8 (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;) 9 That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption. 10 For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.