Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. New Living Translation The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their destruction. English Standard Version A rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin. Berean Standard Bible The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. King James Bible The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. New King James Version The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; The destruction of the poor is their poverty. New American Standard Bible The rich person’s wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty. NASB 1995 The rich man’s wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty. NASB 1977 The rich man’s wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty. Legacy Standard Bible The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty. Amplified Bible The rich man’s wealth is his fortress; The ruin of the poor is their poverty. Christian Standard Bible The wealth of the rich is his fortified city; the poverty of the poor is their destruction. Holman Christian Standard Bible A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; the poverty of the poor is their destruction. American Standard Version The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The property of the rich is mighty fortress cities, and the ruin of the poor is their poverty. Brenton Septuagint Translation The wealth of rich men is a strong city; but poverty is the ruin of the ungodly. Contemporary English Version Great wealth can be a fortress, but poverty is no protection at all. Douay-Rheims Bible The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty. English Revised Version The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. GOD'S WORD® Translation The rich person's wealth is [his] strong city. Poverty ruins the poor. Good News Translation Wealth protects the rich; poverty destroys the poor. International Standard Version The rich hide within the fortress that is their wealth, but the poor are dismayed due to their poverty. JPS Tanakh 1917 The rich man's wealth is his strong city; The ruin of the poor is their poverty. Literal Standard Version The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, | The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty. Majority Standard Bible The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. New American Bible The wealth of the rich is their strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty. NET Bible The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty. New Revised Standard Version The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their ruin. New Heart English Bible The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty. Webster's Bible Translation The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. World English Bible The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty. Young's Literal Translation The wealth of the rich is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Solomon's Proverbs: The Wise Son…14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction. 15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. 16The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.… Cross References Job 31:24 If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security, Psalm 52:7 "Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction." Proverbs 18:11 A rich man's wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination. Proverbs 19:7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him--how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found. Treasury of Scripture The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. rich Proverbs 18:11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. Job 31:24,25 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; … Psalm 49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; the destruction Proverbs 14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. Proverbs 19:7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. Proverbs 22:22,23 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: … Jump to Previous City Destruction Fortified Fortress Need Poor Poverty Property Rich Ruin Strong WealthJump to Next City Destruction Fortified Fortress Need Poor Poverty Property Rich Ruin Strong WealthProverbs 10 1. Proverbs of Solomon: observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices(15) The rich man's wealth is his strong city--i.e., an actual protection to him against his enemies, for by it he can get aid; or (as Proverbs 18:11) it gives him the consciousness of power, courage: whereas poverty drags a man down, and prevents his advance in life, or makes him timid, and unable to defend himself.Verse 15. - His strong city (Proverbs 18:11). Wealth is a help in many ways, securing from dangers, giving time and opportunity for acquiring wisdom, making one independent and free in action (Ecclesiastes 7:12; Ecclus. 40:25, etc.). The destruction of the poor is their poverty. The poor are crushed, exposed to all kinds of evil, moral and material, by their want of means. The word for poor is here dal, which implies weakness and inability to help one's self; the other word commonly used for "poor" is rash, which signifies rather "impecuniosity," opposed to "wealthy." So in the present passage the LXX. renders ἀσθενῶν, "the feeble." The poor were but lightly regarded till Christ pronounced the benediction, "Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God" (Luke 6:20). The view of Theoguis ('Paraen.,' 177) will speak the experience of many - Καὶ γὰρ ἀνὴρ πενίῃ δεδμημένος οὔτέ τι εἰπεῖν Οὔθ ἕρξαι δύναται γλῶσσα δὲ οἱ δέδεται "A man, by crushing poverty subdued, Hebrew The wealthה֣וֹן (hō·wn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1952: Wealth, sufficiency of the rich man עָ֭שִׁיר (‘ā·šîr) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6223: Rich is his fortified עֻזּ֑וֹ (‘uz·zōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5797: Strength, might city, קִרְיַ֣ת (qir·yaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 7151: A town, city but poverty רֵישָֽׁם׃ (rê·šām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 7389: Poverty is the ruin מְחִתַּ֖ת (mə·ḥit·taṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4288: A dissolution, a ruin, consternation of the poor. דַּלִּ֣ים (dal·lîm) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 1800: Dangling, weak, thin Links Proverbs 10:15 NIVProverbs 10:15 NLT Proverbs 10:15 ESV Proverbs 10:15 NASB Proverbs 10:15 KJV Proverbs 10:15 BibleApps.com Proverbs 10:15 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 10:15 Chinese Bible Proverbs 10:15 French Bible Proverbs 10:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 10:15 The rich man's wealth is his strong (Prov. 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