Proverbs 11:4

New International Reader's Version

Wealth isn’t worth anything when God judges you. But doing what is right saves you from death.

Cross References

Genesis 7:1

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark with your whole family. I know that you are a godly man among the people of today.

Job 20:28

A flood will carry their houses away. Rushing water will wash them away on the day when God judges.

Proverbs 10:2

Riches that are gained by sinning aren’t worth anything. But doing what is right saves you from death.

Proverbs 12:28

There is life in doing what is right. Along that path you will never die.

Proverbs 6:34

Jealousy stirs up a husband’s anger. He will show no mercy when he gets even.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do on the day when the Lord punishes you? On that day trouble will come from far away. Who will you run to for help? Who will you trust your riches with?

Ezekiel 14:14

And suppose Noah, Daniel and Job were in that country. Then these three men could save only themselves by doing what is right,” announces the Lord and King.

Ezekiel 7:19

“ ‘They will throw their silver into the streets. They will treat their gold like an “unclean” thing. Their silver and gold won’t be able to save them on the day I pour out my anger. It will not be able to satisfy their hunger. Their stomachs can’t be filled with it. Their silver and gold have tripped them up. It has made them fall into sin.

Zephaniah 1:18

Their silver and gold won’t save them on the day the Lord pours out his anger. The whole earth will be burned up when his jealous anger blazes out. Everyone who lives on earth will come to a sudden end.”

Matthew 16:26

What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses their soul? Or what can anyone trade for their soul?

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Tonight I will take your life away from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

Romans 5:17

One man sinned, and death ruled over all people because of his sin. What will happen is even more sure than this. Those who receive the rich supply of God’s grace will rule with Christ. They will rule in his kingdom. They have received God’s gift and have been made right with him. This will happen because of what the one man, Jesus Christ, has done.

1 Timothy 4:8

Training the body has some value. But being godly has value in every way. It promises help for the life you are now living and the life to come.