Focused Passage

Proverbs 10:2

The Righteous and the Wicked: Wisdom in Speech, Work, Wealth, and Life

The chapter moves as a concentrated collection rather than a single linear argument. Its repeated contrasts form a moral portrait of the righteous and the wicked, with major clusters around family, work, wealth, speech, discipline, desire, fear, and destiny.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

2 Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

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Verse 2

Original words

Ill-gotten רֶ֑שַׁע H7562 Noun - masculine singular treasures אוֹצְר֣וֹת H214 Noun - masculine plural construct profit י֭וֹעִילוּ H3276 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural nothing לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle but righteousness וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה H6666 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular brings deliverance תַּצִּ֥יל H5337 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular from death מִמָּֽוֶת׃ H4194 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular

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