The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
Proverbs 18:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The wealth of the rich is their strong city; in their imagination it is like a high wall. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as an high wall in his own conceit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high protecting wall in his own imagination and conceit. American Standard Version (1901) The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination. Common English Bible The riches of the wealthy are a strong city and like a high wall in their imagination. Catholic Public Domain Version The substance of the wealthy is the city of his strength, and it is like a strong wall encircling him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about. |
The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Before destruction one’s heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.
The rich is wise in self-esteem, but an intelligent poor person sees through the pose.
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.
Speak! Thus says the Lord: “Human corpses shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves behind the reaper, and no one shall gather them.”