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Money is worthless when you face God’s punishment, but living right will save you from death.

Doing right makes life better for those who are good, but the wicked are destroyed by their own wicked ways.

Doing right sets honest people free, but people who can’t be trusted are trapped by their greed.

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

The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,(D)
    but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.(E)

The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.(F)

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