Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the Lord. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
They cast their silver into the streets, and their gold is like an unclean thing. Their silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For it was the stumbling block of their iniquity.
for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches? Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life, for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice,
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.
Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing, and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside. Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength?
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