Bible in Basic English
"Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death."
— Proverbs 11:4, Bible in Basic English
“Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.”
Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.
At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.