Proverbs 11:4

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Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

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  • Gen 7:1 : 1 The LORD said to Noah,“Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.
  • Prov 10:2 : 2 Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”
  • Ezek 7:19 : 19 They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the LORD’s fury. They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth was the obstacle leading to their iniquity.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
  • Rom 5:17 : 17 For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ!
  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For“physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”
  • Prov 12:28 : 28 In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.
  • Job 36:18-19 : 18 Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside. 19 Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?
  • Ps 49:6-8 : 6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. 7 Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price 8 (the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),

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  • Prov 10:2-3
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    2Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

    3The LORD satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 13:6-8
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    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

    8The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.

  • Isa 57:1
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    1The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Prov 10:15-16
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    15The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

    14Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

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    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Job 36:18
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    18Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

  • Prov 13:22
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    22A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

  • Ps 112:3
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    3His house contains wealth and riches; his integrity endures.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15Exceptions to the Law of Retribution During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.

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    12“And you, son of man, say to your people,‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness if he sins.’

    13Suppose I tell the righteous that he will certainly live, but he becomes confident in his righteousness and commits iniquity. None of his righteous deeds will be remembered; because of the iniquity he has committed he will die.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

  • Prov 21:21
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    21The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Isa 57:12
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    12I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

  • Job 20:28
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    28A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God’s wrath.

  • Prov 1:19
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    19Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

  • Prov 22:4
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    4The reward for humility and fearing the LORD is riches and honor and life.

  • Jas 1:20
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    20For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.

  • Job 35:8
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    8Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Ps 37:39
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    39But the LORD delivers the godly; he protects them in times of trouble.

  • Prov 11:30-31
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    30The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.

    31If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

  • Prov 28:28
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    28When the wicked gain control, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.