Proverbs 10:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

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  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
  • Prov 21:6 : 6 He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
  • Isa 10:2-3 : 2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father. 3 And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?
  • Ezek 7:19 : 19 They will put out their silver into the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they will not get their desire or have food for their need: because it has been the cause of their falling into sin.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.
  • Zeph 1:18 : 18 Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.
  • Luke 12:15-21 : 15 And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has. 16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile: 17 And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit. 18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy. 20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together? 21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.
  • Luke 16:22-23 : 22 And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth. 23 And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;
  • Rom 5:21 : 21 That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you. 2 Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing. 3 Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.
  • Prov 12:28 : 28 In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.
  • Ps 49:6-9 : 6 Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores. 7 Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself; 8 (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.) 9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld. 10 For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:3-6
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    3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

    4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

    6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Prov 10:3
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    3 The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6 In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16 The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28 In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

    19 So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

  • Prov 21:6-7
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    6 He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.

    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

  • Prov 13:21-22
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    21 Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

    22 The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8 The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

  • Prov 11:30
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    30 The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18 The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

  • Job 36:6
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    6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

  • Prov 21:21
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    21 He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

  • Eccl 5:14
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    14 As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

  • Job 35:8
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    8 Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.

  • Prov 1:19
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    19 Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Prov 16:8
    72%

    8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

  • Prov 10:1
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    1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

  • Prov 10:20-22
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    20 The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

    21 The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

    22 The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

  • Mic 6:10
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    10 Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?

  • Prov 10:6-7
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    6 Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

    7 The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

  • Prov 10:29-31
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    29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Prov 13:14
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    14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5 The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

  • Prov 15:27
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    27 He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15 These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

  • Prov 12:12
    71%

    12 The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

  • Prov 13:9
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    9 There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.