Proverbs 11:4

The Passion Translation

When judgment day comes, all the wealth of the world won’t help you one bit. So be rich in righteousness, for that’s the only thing that can save you in death.

Cross References

Genesis 7:1

The day came when Yahweh said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and your entire household, for I have found you to be the only one righteous in my eyes in this generation.

Proverbs 10:2

Gaining wealth through dishonesty is no gain at all. But honesty brings you a lasting happiness.

Proverbs 12:28

Abundant life is discovered by walking in righteousness, but holding on to your anger leads to death.

Proverbs 6:34

A husband’s jealousy makes a man furious; he won’t spare you when he comes to take revenge.

Isaiah 10:3

What will come of you on your day of visitation when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? And what will you do then with all your great wealth?

Ezekiel 14:14

Even if the three godly men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, all lived there, their righteous lives could only save themselves—no one else. I, Lord Yahweh, have spoken.

Ezekiel 7:19

They will throw their silver away in the streets and their gold like filthy menstrual rags. Their wealth will not be able to save them on the day of Yahweh’s fury. For it will be worthless on that day to buy food to fill their stomachs since it was their wealth that led them into sin.

Matthew 16:26

For even if you were to gain all the wealth and power of this world—at the cost of your own life—what good would that be? And what could be more valuable to you than your own soul?

Luke 12:20

“God said to him, ‘What a fool you are to trust in your riches and not in me! This very night the messengers of death will demand to take your life. Then who will get all the wealth you have stored up for yourself?’

Romans 5:17

Death once held us in its grip, and by the blunder of one man, death reigned as king over humanity. But now, how much more are we held in the grip of grace and continue reigning as kings in life, enjoying our regal freedom through the gift of perfect righteousness in the one and only Jesus, the Messiah!

1 Timothy 4:8

For athletic training only benefits you for a short season, but righteousness brings lasting benefit in everything; for righteousness contains the promise of life, for time and eternity.