Proverbs 11:4

New Century Version

Riches will not help when it’s time to die, but right living will save you from death.

Cross References

Genesis 7:1

Then the Lord said to Noah, “I have seen that you are the best person among the people of this time, so you and your family can go into the boat.

Job 20:28

A flood will carry their houses away, swept away on the day of God’s anger.

Proverbs 10:2

Riches gotten by doing wrong have no value, but right living will save you from death.

Proverbs 12:28

Doing what is right is the way to life, but there is another way that leads to death.

Proverbs 6:34

Jealousy makes a husband very angry, and he will have no pity when he gets revenge.

Isaiah 10:3

How will you explain the things you have done? What will you do when your destruction comes from far away? Where will you run for help? Where will you hide your riches then?

Ezekiel 14:14

Even if three great men like Noah, Daniel, and Job were in that country, their goodness could save only themselves, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 7:19

The people will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be like trash. Their silver and gold will not save them from the Lord’s anger. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, because it caused them to fall into sin.

Zephaniah 1:18

On the day that God will show his anger, neither their silver nor gold will save them. The Lord’s anger will be like a fire that will burn up the whole world; suddenly he will bring an end, yes, an end to everyone on earth.”

Matthew 16:26

It is worthless to have the whole world if they lose their souls. They could never pay enough to buy back their souls.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘Foolish man! Tonight your life will be taken from you. So who will get those things you have prepared for yourself?’

Romans 5:17

One man sinned, and so death ruled all people because of that one man. But now those people who accept God’s full grace and the great gift of being made right with him will surely have true life and rule through the one man, Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 4:8

Training your body helps you in some ways, but serving God helps you in every way by bringing you blessings in this life and in the future life, too.