King James Version
Proverbs 10:2 in the King James Version says “Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.”
Proverbs 10:2 · KJV
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. the substance: or, the wicked for their wickedness
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“profit”
H3276properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
“nothing but righteousness”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
“from death”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
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