Proverbs 11:4
Riches will not provide security in the day of wrath and judgment,
But righteousness rescues from death.
Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.
Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness and ill-gotten gains do not profit,
But righteousness and moral integrity in daily life rescues from death.
Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold
Will be able to rescue them
On the day of the Lord’s indignation and wrath.
And the whole earth will be consumed
In the fire of His jealous
For He shall make a full and complete end,
Indeed a terrifying one,
Of all the inhabitants of the earth.
Ezekiel 7:19
They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will be [discarded] like something unclean; their silver and their gold shall not be able to save them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. These [things] cannot satisfy their soul nor fill their stomachs, for they have become their stumbling block and source of sin.
Job 36:18-19
“Do not let wrath entice you into scoffing;
And do not let the greatness and the extent of the ransom turn you aside.
Psalm 49:6-8
Even those who trust in and rely on their wealth
And boast of the abundance of their riches?
Proverbs 12:28
In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death [but immortality—eternal life].
Matthew 16:26
Luke 12:20
Romans 5:17
For if by the trespass of the one (Adam), death reigned through the one (Adam), much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in [eternal] life through the One, Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 4:8
For physical training is of some value, but godliness (spiritual training) is of value in everything and in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.
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But
In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death [but immortality—eternal life].
General references
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall [of protection] in his own imagination and conceit.