Proverbs 10:2 · KJV
“Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.”
— Proverbs 10:2
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. {the substance...: or, the wicked for their wickedness}
Proverbs 10 — Context
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.
2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. {the substance...: or, the wicked for their wickedness}
4He becometh poor that dealeth {with} a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 12:28
In the way of righteousness {is} life; and {in} the pathway {thereof there is} no death.
Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue {is} a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Psalms 49:6-10
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
Romans 5:21
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ezekiel 7:19
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. {removed: Heb. for a separation, or, uncleanness} {it is...: or, their iniquity is their stumblingblock}
Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Daniel 4:27
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. {a lengthening...: or, an healing of thine error}