Proverbs 11:4 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:4

Note, 1. The day of death will be a day of wrath. It is a messenger of God's wrath; therefore when Moses had meditated on man's mortality he takes occasion thence to admire the power of God's anger, Ps. 90:11. It is a debt owing, not to nature, but to God's justice. After death the judgment, and that is a day of wrath, Rev. 6:17. 2. Riches will stand men in no stead that day. They will neither put by the stroke nor ease the pain, much less take out the sting; what profit will this world's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:4

Riches profit not in the day of wrath ,.... When God takes away the soul, and summons to judgment, and brings to it; and as riches profited not Rome Pagan, in the day of the Lamb's wrath upon it; so neither will they profit Rome Papal, when it will come in remembrance before God, to give it the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath; see Revelation 6:15 ; but righteousness delivereth from death ; from the curse of a corporeal death; from the power of a spiritual one; and from... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 11:4

Riches profit not in the day of wrath - Among men they can do all things; but they cannot purchase the remission of sins, nor turn aside the wrath of God when that is poured out upon the opulent transgressor. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:1-11

The ways of honour and of shame I. JUSTICE AND INJUSTICE IN COMMON THINGS . Jehovah delights in "full weight," and abominates the tricky balance. This may be applied: 1 . Literally, to commerce between man and man. 2 . Figuratively, to all social relations in which we may give and receive. Work is only honest if thorough; if honest and thorough, it is religious. If principle be the basis of all our transactions, then what we do is done "unto the Lord, and not unto men."... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:3-31

The pricelessness of integrity We have here a view of the exceeding worth of moral integrity, or of righteousness; we see what, in the judgment of the wise, it will do for its possessor. It will— I. DIRECT HIS WAY . "The integrity of the upright shall guide them; …the righteousness of the perfect [ i.e. the upright] shall direct his way" ( Proverbs 11:3-5 ). And we read. ( Proverbs 10:9 ) that "he that walketh uprightly walketh surely." The man who honestly and earnestly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:4

Profit not; afford no refuge ( Proverbs 10:2 ). In the day of wrath ( Proverbs 6:34 ), when God visits individuals or nations to punish them for sin (comp. Ecclesiastes 5:8 ). Such visitations are often spoken of (comp. Isaiah 10:3 ; Ezekiel 7:19 ; Zephaniah 1:15 , Zephaniah 1:18 , etc.). More especially will this be true in me great dies irae. Righteousness … death (see on Proverbs 10:2 ; and comp. Tobit 4:10; 12:9). The Septuagint here adds a sentence which is similar... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 11:4-6

Proverbs 11:4-6. Riches profit not in the day of wrath In the time of God’s judgments, when he is executing vengeance upon sinners; but righteousness delivereth, &c. See note on Proverbs 10:2. The righteousness of the perfect shall direct, &c. Shall bring all his designs and endeavours to a happy issue, and deliver him from many snares and dangers, Proverbs 11:6. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:1-31

Prosperity; uprightness; generosity (11:1-31)People are foolish to try to get rich by dishonest methods, because dishonesty brings judgment from which riches cannot save (11:1-4). By their blameless conduct, people ensure their ultimate victory; by crookedness they ensure their downfall (5-8). When good people have influence in a city, the citizens live in peace and happiness. But each city also has its troublemakers, who are a nuisance to their neighbours and create unrest in the community... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 11:4

the day, &c. The day of [God's] wrath. delivereth = rescueth. Hebrew. nazal here and in Proverbs 11:9 , but not in verses: Proverbs 11:8 , Proverbs 11:9 , or 21. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 11:4

"Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death."The Good News Bible rendered "day of wrath" here as "day of death"; but in the light of Revelation 6:17, that day is "the day of the wrath of God," the judgment day. In this interpretation, the "day of death" from which righteousness delivers is the "second death." It is also true that riches are of no value in the day of death. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 11:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:3-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 11:4-6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:1-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 11:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 11:4

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