Proverbs 10:2

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹ The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
² Ill-gotten gains do not profit,
But righteousness delivers from death.
³ The Lord will not allow the righteous to hunger,
But He will reject the craving of the wicked.

Ill-Gotten Gain

No

Sin

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 21:6

The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.

Psalm 49:6-10

Even those who trust in their wealth
And boast in the abundance of their riches?

Proverbs 12:28

In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death.

Isaiah 10:2-3

So as to deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the orphans.

Ezekiel 7:19

They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an abhorrent thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their appetite nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold
Will be able to deliver them
On the day of the Lord’s wrath;
And all the earth will be devoured
In the fire of His jealousy,
For He will make a complete end,
Indeed a terrifying one,
Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Luke 12:15-21

Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”

Luke 16:22-23

Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.

Romans 2:5

But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

Romans 5:21

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

Philippians 3:9

and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,

James 5:1-3

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.