Proverbs 10:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.”
Read Proverbs 10:15 in the flow of Proverbs10 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs10 to see the surrounding context.
“The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The wealth of the rich <FI>is<Fi> his strong city, The ruin of the poor <FI>is<Fi> their poverty.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 10:15 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 31:24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
- Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
- Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
- Proverbs 14:20The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
- Proverbs 18:11A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
- Proverbs 19:7All 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 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
- Jeremiah 9:23This 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.
- Micah 2:1Woe 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.
- Mark 10:24And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
- Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
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