Proverbs 10:15

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 18:11

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

Proverbs 19:7

All the brothers of a poor man hate him, how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues [with] words, [but] they are gone.

Psalm 52:7

Lo, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense. But the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant, nor hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who supplies us all things abundantly for enjoyment,

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

Mark 10:24

And the disciples were astonished at his words. But again having answered, Jesus says to them, Children, how difficult it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory in his riches,

Psalm 49:6

Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches,