Proverbs 10:2

World English Bible (2000)

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • Prov 21:6 : 6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
  • Isa 10:2-3 : 2 to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey! 3 What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
  • 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 Yahweh: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.
  • Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh's wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
  • Luke 12:15-21 : 15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses." 16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly. 17 He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?' 18 He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."' 20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?' 21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
  • Luke 16:22-23 : 22 It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried. 23 In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
  • Rom 5:21 : 21 that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, 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, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. 2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
  • Prov 12:28 : 28 In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.
  • Ps 49:6-9 : 6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches-- 7 none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him. 8 For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough, 9 That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption. 10 For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

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    6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

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    16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

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    18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

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    16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

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    21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

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    8 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

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    30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

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    18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

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    21 The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.

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    6 He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.

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    21 He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

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    8 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

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    19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

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  • Prov 10:20-22
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    20 The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.

    21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

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    26 There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

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    5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

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    18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.

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    23 The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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    12 The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

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    9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.