2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Other Translations of Proverbs 10:2

New International Version

2 Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value, but righteousness delivers from death.

English Standard Version

2 Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

The Message

2 Ill-gotten gain gets you nowhere; an honest life is immortal.

New King James Version

2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death.

New Living Translation

2 Tainted wealth has no lasting value, but right living can save your life.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 10:2

Commentary on Proverbs 10:2-3

(Read Proverbs 10:2-3)

Though the righteous may be poor, the Lord will not suffer him to want what is needful for spiritual life.

5 Wilt thou set [1] thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Other Translations of Proverbs 23:5

New International Version

5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

English Standard Version

5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

The Message

5 Riches disappear in the blink of an eye; wealth sprouts wings and flies off into the wild blue yonder.

New King James Version

5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.

New Living Translation

5 In the blink of an eye wealth disappears, for it will sprout wings and fly away like an eagle.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 23:5

Commentary on Proverbs 23:4-5

(Read Proverbs 23:4-5)

Be not of those that will be rich. The things of this world are not happiness and a portion for a soul; those that hold them ever so fast, cannot hold them always, cannot hold them long.