Proverbs 11:4-6 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death. The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
‘Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.’ Riches do wonders among men, but with God they purchase nothing. No sin profits in the day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from hell.
‘Righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.’ The righteousness of the blameless man will enable his path to be always light so that he may see his way, but the lawlessness of the wicked will be full of stumbling blocks.
‘The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.’ The righteousness of the upright man shall deliver him from condemnation and eternal judgment, but sins of the wicked will bring them to judgment.
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