Proverbs 10:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin. [Ps. 52:7; I Tim. 6:17.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ The riches of the wealthy are their strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ The substance of the rich is the city of his strength. The fear of the poor is their destitution.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.

Proverbs 10:15 Krydshenvisninger

Psalm 49:6

those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?

Psalm 52:7

“See the one who would not take refuge in God but trusted in abundant riches and sought refuge in wealth!”

Proverbs 14:20

The poor are disliked even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

Proverbs 18:11

The wealth of the rich is their strong city; in their imagination it is like a high wall.

Proverbs 19:7

If the poor are hated even by their kin, how much more are they shunned by their friends! When they call after them, they are not there.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to the one who possesses it.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom; do not let the mighty boast in their might; do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth;

Mark 10:24

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

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’

1 Timothy 6:17

As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.