Proverbs 18:11 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹¹ A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall protecting him.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as an high wall in his own conceit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ 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)

¹¹ The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.

Common English Bible

¹¹ The riches of the wealthy are a strong city and like a high wall in their imagination.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ The substance of the wealthy is the city of his strength, and it is like a strong wall encircling him.

Proverbs 18:11 Cross References

Proverbs 10:15

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

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.

Proverbs 28:11

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.

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 9:22

Speak, “Thus says the Lord: ‘The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves after the reaper, and none shall gather them.’ ”

Deuteronomy 32:31

For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.