(A)Riches avail not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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Wealth(A) is worthless in the day of wrath,(B)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(C)

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18 (A)Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath, but the (B)whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

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18 Neither their silver nor their gold
    will be able to save them
    on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”(A)

In the fire of his jealousy(B)
    the whole earth will be consumed,(C)
for he will make a sudden end
    of all who live on the earth.(D)

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And the [a]abundance of the earth is over all: the king [b]also consisteth by the field that is tilled.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:8 The earth is to be preferred above all things which appertain to this life.
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:8 Kings and Princes cannot maintain their estate without tillage, which thing commendeth the excellency of tillage.

Riches Are Meaningless

If you see the poor oppressed(A) in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.

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