King James Version
Proverbs 11:4 in the King James Version says “Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.”
Proverbs 11:4 · KJV
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. direct: Heb. rectify
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
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)
“not in the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“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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