Proverbs 11:4 - The Message

A thick bankroll is no help when life falls apart, but a principled life can stand up to the worst.

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King 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.

Proverbs 11:4 Cross References