Proverbs 11:4

Good News Translation

Riches will do you no good on the day you face death, but honesty can save your life.

Cross References

Genesis 7:1

The Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat with your whole family; I have found that you are the only one in all the world who does what is right.

Job 20:28

All their wealth will be destroyed in the flood of God's anger.

Proverbs 10:2

Wealth you get by dishonesty will do you no good, but honesty can save your life.

Proverbs 12:28

Righteousness is the road to life; wickedness is the road to death.

Proverbs 6:34

A husband is never angrier than when he is jealous; his revenge knows no limits.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do when God punishes you? What will you do when he brings disaster on you from a distant country? Where will you run to find help? Where will you hide your wealth?

Ezekiel 14:14

Even if those three men, Noah, Danel, and Job, were living there, their goodness would save only their own lives.” The Sovereign Lord has spoken.

Ezekiel 7:19

They will throw their gold and silver away in the streets like garbage, because neither silver nor gold can save them when the Lord pours out his fury. They cannot use it to satisfy their desires or fill their stomachs. Gold and silver led them into sin.

Zephaniah 1:18

On the day when the Lord shows his fury, not even all their silver and gold will save them. The whole earth will be destroyed by the fire of his anger. He will put an end—a sudden end—to everyone who lives on earth.

Matthew 16:26

Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! There is nothing you can give to regain your life.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself?’”

Romans 5:17

It is true that through the sin of one man death began to rule because of that one man. But how much greater is the result of what was done by the one man, Jesus Christ! All who receive God's abundant grace and are freely put right with him will rule in life through Christ.

1 Timothy 4:8

Physical exercise has some value, but spiritual exercise is valuable in every way, because it promises life both for the present and for the future.