Then the Lord said to Noah, ‘Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.
Proverbs 11:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from death. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: But righteousness delivereth from death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Riches provide no security in any day of wrath and judgment, but righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) delivers from death. [Prov. 10:2; Zeph. 1:18.] American Standard Version (1901) Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death. Common English Bible Riches don’t help in the day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from death. Catholic Public Domain Version Wealth will not profit in the day of vengeance. But justice shall liberate from death. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death. |
Then the Lord said to Noah, ‘Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.
The possessions in his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s anger.
Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone, but righteousness rescues from death.
There is life in the path of righteousness, and in its path there is no death. ,
For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
What will you do on the day of punishment when devastation comes from far away? Who will you run to for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
Even if these three men #– #Noah, Daniel, and Job #– #were in it, they would rescue only themselves by their righteousness.’ This is the declaration of the Lord God.
They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem like something filthy. Their silver and gold will be unable to save them in the day of the Lord’s wrath. They will not satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs, for these were the stumbling blocks that brought about their iniquity.
Their silver and their gold will be unable to rescue them on the day of the Lord’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of his jealousy, for he will make a complete, yes, a horrifying end of all the inhabitants of the earth.
For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?
‘But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared #– #whose will they be? ”
If by the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.