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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 10) Proverbs 10:2 KJV
"Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death."
Proverbs 10:2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.*
4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.