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Proverbs 11:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Proverbs 11:4

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2 When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

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

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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Note, first, the day of death will be a day of wrath. Death is a messenger of God’s anger. When Moses thought deeply about human mortality, he was led to admire the power of God’s anger (Psalm 90:11). Death is a debt we owe, not to nature, but to God’s justice. After death comes judgment, and that is indeed a day of wrath (Revelation 6:17).

Second, riches will help a person nothing on that day. They cannot stop death’s blow, ease its pain, or take away its sting. What will this world’s wealth and property matter then? In times of public judgment, riches often expose people instead of protecting them (Ezekiel 7:19).

Third, only righteousness will deliver a person from the evil of death. A good conscience makes death easier and removes much of its fear. It is the privilege of the righteous alone that the second death, eternal death, cannot hurt them, and so the first death cannot hurt them much either.

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Related Verses

Proverbs 10:2

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

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Proverbs 13:6

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"Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner."

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Psalms 1:6

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"For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish."

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Sirach 5:8

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"Don’t set your heart upon unrighteous gains, for you will profit nothing in the day of calamity."

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Psalms 37:39

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"But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble."

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Matthew 6:19

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"“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;"

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From This Chapter

Proverbs 11:1

"A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight."

Proverbs 11:2

"When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom."

Proverbs 11:3

"The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them."

Proverbs 11:5

"The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness."

Proverbs 11:6

"The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires."

Proverbs 11:7

"When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing."

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