Proverbs 10:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁵ A rich man's wealth is his strong city; 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.

Proverbs 10:15 Krydshenvisninger

Psalm 49:6

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

Psalm 52:7

“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and sought refuge in his wealth!”

Proverbs 14:20

The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends.

Proverbs 18:11

A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall protecting him.

Proverbs 19:7

All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money; and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

Mark 10:24

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!

Luke 12:19

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

1 Timothy 6:17

As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches but on God who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy.