Thursday, August 17, 2023

proverbs 11: my righteous one will live by faith.

 In proverbs 11 we read:


3 The integrity of the honest keeps them on track;

    the deviousness of crooks brings them to ruin.


4 A thick bankroll is no help when life falls apart,

    but a principled life can stand up to the worst.


It reminds "But my righteous one will live by faith.". The faith of the righteous keeps him on track because he doesn't go by devious ways. In verse 4, a normal translation is: "Riches won’t help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death.". The righteous one will be saved from death on judgment day while riches won't be possible to save anyone. In MSG (the Message), Eugene Peterson focus that riches can't help in certain difficult situations (he didn't focus on judgment day) while the righteous can stand up to this same difficult situation.

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