Proverbs 11:4

In 10 translations

BSB

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

KJV

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

WEB

Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

ASV

Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

LSV

Wealth does not profit in a day of wrath, || And righteousness delivers from death.

YLT

Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

DBY

Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.

DRC

Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death.

GNV

Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.

JPS

Riches profit not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לֹא־יוֹעִ֣יל ה֭וֹן בְּי֣וֹם עֶבְרָ֑ה וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה תַּצִּ֥יל מִמָּֽוֶת׃

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on…
• Proverbs 10:2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
• Genesis 7:1Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
• Ezekiel 7:19They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs…
• 1 Timothy 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
• Psalms 49:6–8They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God. For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
• Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
• Romans 5:17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
• Job 36:18–19Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray. Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
• Proverbs 12:28There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).