Proverbs 11:4

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

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  • Gen 7:1 : 1 And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.
  • Prov 10:2 : 2 Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Luke 12:20 : 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?
  • Rom 5:17 : 17 For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.
  • Prov 12:28 : 28 In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.
  • Job 36:18-19 : 18 ... 19 ...
  • Ps 49:6-8 : 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.)

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  • Prov 10:2-3
    2 verses
    87%

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

    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 11:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    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 12:28
    78%

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

  • Prov 11:28
    77%

    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 14:32
    77%

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

  • Prov 11:3
    76%

    3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

  • Ps 37:16
    76%

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

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    75%

    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 13:6-8
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    75%

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

    7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

    8 A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

  • Prov 16:8
    74%

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

  • Prov 11:8
    74%

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

  • Isa 57:1
    74%

    1 The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 10:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

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

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    73%

    13 And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

    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.

  • Prov 14:12
    73%

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

  • Job 36:18
    73%

    18 ...

  • Prov 15:6
    73%

    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 13:22
    73%

    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.

  • Job 36:6
    73%

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

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Ezek 33:18
    73%

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

  • Ps 112:3
    72%

    3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

  • Eccl 7:15
    72%

    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.

  • Ezek 33:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.

    13 When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him.

  • Prov 10:22
    72%

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

  • Prov 12:7
    72%

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

  • Prov 21:21
    72%

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

  • Prov 11:23
    72%

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

  • Isa 57:12
    72%

    12 I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.

  • Ps 37:21
    72%

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

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

    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.

  • Job 20:28
    72%

    28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

  • Prov 1:19
    72%

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

  • Prov 22:4
    72%

    4 The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

  • Jas 1:20
    72%

    20 For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

  • Job 35:8
    71%

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

  • Prov 22:16
    71%

    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Ps 37:39
    71%

    39 But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

  • Prov 11:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

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

    31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • Prov 28:28
    71%

    28 When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.