(A)Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
    (B)but righteousness delivers from death.
The righteousness of the blameless (C)keeps his way straight,
    but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
(D)The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the treacherous (E)are taken captive by their lust.
When the wicked dies, his (F)hope will perish,
    and (G)the expectation of wealth[a] perishes too.
(H)The righteous is delivered from trouble,
    and the wicked walks into it instead.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:7 Or of his strength, or of iniquity

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