Proverbs 11:4 - Exposition

Profit not; afford no refuge ( Proverbs 10:2 ). In the day of wrath ( Proverbs 6:34 ), when God visits individuals or nations to punish them for sin (comp. Ecclesiastes 5:8 ). Such visitations are often spoken of (comp. Isaiah 10:3 ; Ezekiel 7:19 ; Zephaniah 1:15 , Zephaniah 1:18 , etc.). More especially will this be true in me great dies irae. Righteousness … death (see on Proverbs 10:2 ; and comp. Tobit 4:10; 12:9). The Septuagint here adds a sentence which is similar to Proverbs 11:10 : "When the righteous dieth he leaveth regret, but the destruction of the wicked is easy and delightsome ( πρόχειρος καὶ ἐπίχαρτος )."