Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value, but righteousness delivers from death. New Living Translation Tainted wealth has no lasting value, but right living can save your life. English Standard Version Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. Berean Standard Bible Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. King James Bible Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. New King James Version Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death. New American Standard Bible Ill-gotten gains do not benefit, But righteousness rescues from death. NASB 1995 Ill-gotten gains do not profit, But righteousness delivers from death. NASB 1977 Ill-gotten gains do not profit, But righteousness delivers from death. Legacy Standard Bible Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, But righteousness delivers from death. Amplified Bible Treasures of wickedness and ill-gotten gains do not profit, But righteousness and moral integrity in daily life rescues from death. Christian Standard Bible Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone, but righteousness rescues from death. Holman Christian Standard Bible Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone, but righteousness rescues from death. American Standard Version Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death. Contemporary English Version What you gain by doing evil won't help you at all. Obeying God is the only way to be saved from death. English Revised Version Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. GOD'S WORD® Translation Treasures gained dishonestly profit no one, but righteousness rescues from death. Good News Translation Wealth you get by dishonesty will do you no good, but honesty can save your life. International Standard Version Nothing good comes from ill-gotten wealth, but righteousness delivers from death. Majority Standard Bible Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. NET Bible Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger. New Heart English Bible Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death. Webster's Bible Translation Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. World English Bible Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTreasures of wickedness do not profit, "" And righteousness delivers from death. Young's Literal Translation Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death. Smith's Literal Translation Treasures of injustice shall not profit, and justice shall deliver from death. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTreasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death. Catholic Public Domain Version Treasures of impiety will profit nothing. Truly, justice shall liberate from death. New American Bible Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but justice saves from death. New Revised Standard Version Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTreasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivers from death. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated There is no profit in the treasures of evil, but righteousness saves from death. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death. Brenton Septuagint Translation Treasures shall not profit the lawless: but righteousness shall deliver from death. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Solomon's Proverbs: The Wise Son1The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother. 2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. 3The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.… Cross References Matthew 6:19-21 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Luke 12:15-21 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” / Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. / So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ ... 1 Timothy 6:9-10 Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. James 5:1-3 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. Matthew 16:26 What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? Mark 8:36-37 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? / Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? Luke 16:11-13 So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches? / And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own? / No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” 1 Timothy 6:17-19 Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. / Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share, / treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. Ecclesiastes 5:10-11 He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. / When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes? Psalm 49:6-10 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. / No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God. / For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice, ... Jeremiah 17:11 Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.” Ezekiel 7:19 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity. Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth. Proverbs 11:4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. Proverbs 15:16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil. Treasury of Scripture Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death. treasures Proverbs 11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. Psalm 49:6-10 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; … Isaiah 10:2,3 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! … but Proverbs 12:28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death. 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. 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. Jump to Previous Death Delivereth Delivers Gained Gains Gives Ill-Gotten Profit Righteousness Salvation Sin Treasures Value Wealth WickednessJump to Next Death Delivereth Delivers Gained Gains Gives Ill-Gotten Profit Righteousness Salvation Sin Treasures Value Wealth WickednessProverbs 10 1. Proverbs of Solomon: observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vicesIll-gotten treasures The Hebrew word for "ill-gotten" is "אָוֶן" (aven), which conveys a sense of trouble, sorrow, or wickedness. In the context of ancient Israel, wealth acquired through deceitful or unjust means was considered not only morally wrong but also spiritually detrimental. The treasures gained through such means are ultimately empty and unsatisfying. Historically, the Israelites were warned against coveting or acquiring wealth through dishonest practices, as seen in the laws given in the Torah. This phrase serves as a reminder that material wealth obtained through sin cannot bring true happiness or fulfillment. Profit nothing But righteousness Delivers from death Righteousness delivereth from death.--The Hebrew word translated "righteousness" has a much wider meaning than its English equivalent, which generally bears the sense only of deciding fairly, being especially applied to judges. But a "righteous" man in Hebrew is one who "renders to all their due," whether to God, as Noah, who was "just and perfect" before Him (Genesis 6:9; Genesis 7:1; comp. Ecclesiastes 7:20), or to man. To his fellow-men his "justice" will show itself in liberality (Psalm 37:21), mercy (Proverbs 12:10), carefulness of speech (Proverbs 15:28), truthfulness (Proverbs 13:5), and wisdom (Proverbs 9:9). He is considerate to animals also (Proverbs 12:10). So in the sermon on the Mount our Lord (Matthew 6:1) says, "Take heed that ye do not your 'righteousness' [so the best MSS. read] before men;" and then specifies it under the heads of almsgiving, prayer, and fasting. In this passage it forms a contrast to riches gained by wrong, and therefore would seem particularly to signify "almsgiving," as its Greek equivalent does in 2Corinthians 9:10. It is often: rendered so by the LXX., and it is the most usual sense of the word in late Hebrew. It is so interpreted also in Tobit 4:10; Tobit 12:9, where this passage is quoted. (Comp. Ecclesiasticus 3:30; Ecclesiasticus 29:12, and our Lord's advice, Luke 16:9.) It "delivers from death," as being a sign of the divine life within, which is "hid with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:3). . . . Verse 2. - Treasures of wickedness; treasures acquired by wrong doing (Micah 6:10). Profit nothing "in the day of calamity" (Ecclus. 5:8; comp. Proverbs 11:4). The LXX. renders, "Treasures will not profit the wicked;" so Aquila. "For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?" (Matthew 16:26). Righteousness (Proverbs 14:34); not simply justice and moral goodness, but more especially liberality, benevolence. So in Matthew 6:1 the Revised Version (in accordance with the best manuscripts) reads, "Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them," Christ proceeding to specify three outward acts as coming under this term, viz. almsgiving, prayer, and fasting. In some analogous passages the LXX. renders the word by ἐλεημοσύντ, e.g. Psalm 111:9; Daniel 4:27; Tobit 12:9 (comp. 2 Corinthians 9:10). Delivereth from death, shows that a man's heart is right towards God. and calls down special grace. Such a man lays up in store for himself a good foundation, that he may attain eternal life (1 Timothy 6:19; see on Proverbs 16:6).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ill-gottenרֶ֑שַׁע (re·ša‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7562: Wickedness treasures אוֹצְר֣וֹת (’ō·wṣ·rō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 214: Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse profit י֭וֹעִילוּ (yō·w·‘î·lū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3276: To confer or gain profit or benefit nothing, לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no but righteousness וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה (ū·ṣə·ḏā·qāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively brings deliverance תַּצִּ֥יל (taṣ·ṣîl) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver from death. מִמָּֽוֶת׃ (mim·mā·weṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin Links Proverbs 10:2 NIVProverbs 10:2 NLT Proverbs 10:2 ESV Proverbs 10:2 NASB Proverbs 10:2 KJV Proverbs 10:2 BibleApps.com Proverbs 10:2 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 10:2 Chinese Bible Proverbs 10:2 French Bible Proverbs 10:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing but righteousness (Prov. 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