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Proverbs 10:2 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 10 · verse 2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.Proverbs 10:2 · King James Version
Proverbs 10:2 in context
1The 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.
4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnesstsᵉdâqâhrightness , subjectively , objectively , morally or figurativelyH6666 →
- wickednessreshaʻa wrongH7562 →
- deliverethnâtsalto snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337 →
- Treasuresʼôwtsâra depositoryH214 →
- profityaʻalproperly, to ascendH3276 →
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These two verses speak to the same purport, and the latter may be the reason of the former. 1. That wealth which men get unjustly will do them no good, because God will blast it: Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, Pro 10:2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 2-3