Proverbs 11:4
Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
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- Gen 7:1 : 1 Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ark, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
- Prov 10:2 : 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, 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 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.
- 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.
- Matt 16:26 : 26 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits 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 your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
- Rom 5:17 : 17 For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so 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 bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value for all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.
- Prov 12:28 : 28 In the way of righteousness is life; In its path there is no death.
- Job 36:18-19 : 18 Don't let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside. 19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength?
- Ps 49:6-8 : 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,
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2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death.
3 Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, But he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
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5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, But the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
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28 In the way of righteousness is life; In its path there is no death.
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28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
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32 The wicked is brought down in his calamity, But in death, the righteous has a refuge.
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3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
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16 Better is a little that the righteous has, Than the abundance of many wicked.
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18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, But one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.
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6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, But wickedness overthrows the sinner.
7 There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
8 The ransom of a man's life is his riches, But the poor hear no threats.
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8 Better is a little with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
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8 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked takes his place.
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1 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].
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7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, Because they refuse to do what is right.
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15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
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13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
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12 There is a way which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death.
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18 Don't let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
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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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22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
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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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6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, Than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
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18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.
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3 Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.
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15 All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evil-doing.
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12 You, son of man, tell the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his disobedience; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall he who is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sins.
13 When I tell the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he has committed, therein shall he die.
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22 Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, And he adds no trouble to it.
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7 The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, But the house of the righteous shall stand.
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21 He who follows after righteousness and kindness Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
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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 I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.
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21 The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, But the righteous give generously.
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18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; The treacherous for the upright.
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28 The increase of his house shall depart; They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.
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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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4 The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh Is wealth, honor, and life.
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20 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.
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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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16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, Both come to poverty.
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39 But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; How much more the wicked and the sinner!
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28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous thrive.