Proverbs 10:2

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Proverbs 10:2

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

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Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.

And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.

But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;

Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

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In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.

That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: