Proverbs 10:15 “The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the r…”

Proverbs 10:15

The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

World English Bible

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

American Standard Version

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Geneva Bible 1599

The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.

Darby Translation

The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Young's Literal Translation

The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.

Bible in Basic English

The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

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Cross references

“rich”

Proverbs 18:11 Psalm 52:7 Ecclesiastes 7:12 Psalm 49:6 Jeremiah 9:23 Mark 10:24

Proverbs 18:11 · BSB

A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.

Psalm 52:7 · BSB

“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

Ecclesiastes 7:12 · BSB

For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Psalm 49:6 · BSB

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Jeremiah 9:23 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

Mark 10:24 · BSB

And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

“the destruction”

Proverbs 19:7 Proverbs 14:20 Proverbs 22:22 Proverbs 22:23 Micah 2:1 Micah 2:2

Proverbs 19:7 · BSB

All the brothers of a poor man hate him— how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

Proverbs 14:20 · BSB

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

Proverbs 22:22 · BSB

Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

Proverbs 22:23 · BSB

for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.

Micah 2:1 · BSB

Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Micah 2:2 · BSB

They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

16The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.

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