Proverbs 10:15

New American Bible - revised edition

The wealth of the rich is their strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

Cross References

Psalm 49:6

Why should I fear in evil days, with the iniquity of my assailants surrounding me,

Psalm 52:7

God too will strike you down forever, he will lay hold of you and pluck you from your tent, uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Proverbs 14:20

Even by their neighbors the poor are despised, but a rich person’s friends are many.

Proverbs 18:11

The wealth of the rich is their strong city; they fancy it a high wall.

Proverbs 19:7

All the kin of the poor despise them; how much more do their friends shun them!

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For the protection of wisdom is as the protection of money; and knowledge is profitable because wisdom gives life to those who possess it.

Jeremiah 9:23

But rather, let those who boast, boast of this, that in their prudence they know me, Know that I, the Lord, act with fidelity, justice, and integrity on earth. How I take delight in these—oracle of the Lord. False Circumcision.

Mark 10:24

The disciples were amazed at his words. So Jesus again said to them in reply, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Luke 12:19

and I shall say to myself, “Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat, drink, be merry!”’

1 Timothy 6:17

Tell the rich in the present age not to be proud and not to rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth but rather on God, who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.