Proverbs 10:15

Tree of Life Version

The wealth of a rich man is a strong city. Poverty is the ruin of the poor.

Cross References

Psalm 49:6

Why should I fear in evil days? when the iniquity of my deceivers surrounds me?

Psalm 52:7

God will pull you down forever, and snatch you, rip you out of your tent, and uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Proverbs 14:20

The poor is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

Proverbs 18:11

A rich person’s wealth is a strong city or like a high wall—in his imagination.

Proverbs 19:7

All a poor man’s relatives despise him— how much more his friends avoid him. He pursues them with words, but they are not there.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: wisdom preserves the life of the one who possesses it.

Jeremiah 9:23

But let one who boasts boast in this: that he understands and knows Me. For I am Adonai who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth. For in these things I delight.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Mark 10:24

The disciples were amazed at His words. But Yeshua answers again and says to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Luke 12:19

And I’ll say to myself, ’O my soul, you have plenty of goods saved up for many years! So take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry.”’

1 Timothy 6:17

Direct those who are rich in this present age not to be proud or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God—who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.