Proverbs 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death. A millionaire who had been born a poor boy, and whose money had become his idol, was showing his house and grounds to a Quaker. The genial Friend praised them and said it was all wonderfully beautiful. "The almighty dollar has done it all," said the millionaire. "What cannot money do?" The Quaker looked sadly at him. He said, "Thy question reminds me of the people in the desert. They bowed clown to the golden calf and said it was that which brought them out of Egypt. As it turned out it hindered them and kept them out of the promised land. It would be an awful thing if thy gold kept thee out of heaven. You say, 'What cannot money do?' It cannot deliver thy soul." Parallel Verses KJV: Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.WEB: Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death. |
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