Proverbs 11:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When God is angry, money won't help you. Obeying God is the only way to be saved from death.

Cross References

Genesis 7:1

The LORD told Noah: Take your whole family with you into the boat, because you are the only one on this earth who pleases me.

Job 20:28

and all their possessions will be dragged off when God becomes angry.

Proverbs 10:2

What you gain by doing evil won't help you at all, but being good can save you from death.

Proverbs 12:28

Follow the road to life, and you won't be bothered by death.

Proverbs 6:34

because a jealous husband can be furious and merciless when he takes revenge.

Isaiah 10:3

But what will you do when you are fiercely attacked and punished by foreigners? Where will you run for help? Where will you hide your valuables?

Ezekiel 14:14

Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were living in that nation, their faithfulness would not save anyone but themselves.

Ezekiel 7:19

Your silver and gold will be thrown into the streets like rubbish, because those are the two things that led you into sin, and now they cannot save you from my anger. They are not even worth enough to buy food.

Zephaniah 1:18

Not even your silver or gold can save you on that day when I, the LORD, am angry. My anger will flare up like a furious fire scorching the earth and everyone on it.”

Matthew 16:26

What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul?

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, “You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up?”

Romans 5:17

Death ruled like a king because Adam had sinned. But that cannot compare with what Jesus Christ has done. God has been so kind to us, and he has accepted us because of Jesus. And so we will live and rule like kings.

1 Timothy 4:8

As the saying goes, “Exercise is good for your body, but religion helps you in every way. It promises life now and for ever.” These words are worthwhile and should not be forgotten.