Proverbs 10:2

WEB

²Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

KJV

²Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

BSB

²Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

FBV

²Wealth gained through evil does you no good; but living right saves you from death.

Extra References

Proverbs 11:4

⁴Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 12:28

²⁸In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

⁶Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches— ⁷none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him. ⁸For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough, ⁹that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption. ¹⁰For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Proverbs 21:6

⁶Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

Romans 5:21

²¹that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Zephaniah 1:18

¹⁸Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.

Ezekiel 7:19

¹⁹They will cast their silver in the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing. Their silver and their gold won’t be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath. They won’t satisfy their souls or fill their bellies; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.

Daniel 4:27

²⁷Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”

Luke 16:22-23

²²The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. ²³In Hades,^[+] he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

Isaiah 10:2-3

²to deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey! ³What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?