Proverbs 10:15
Strong's Lexicon
The wealth
ה֣וֹן (hō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1952: n m 1) wealth, riches, substance 1a) wealth 1b) price, high value interj 2) enough!, sufficiency

of the rich man
עָ֭שִׁיר (‘ā·šîr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6223: adj 1) rich, wealthy n 2) the rich, the wealthy, rich man

is his fortified
עֻזּ֑וֹ (‘uz·zōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5797: 1) might, strength 1a) material or physical 1b) personal or social or political

city,
קִרְיַ֣ת (qir·yaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7151: 1) city, town 1a) in general 1b) in specific 1c) collective 1d) indefinite

but poverty
רֵישָֽׁם׃ (rê·šām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7389: 1) poverty

is the ruin
מְחִתַּ֖ת (mə·ḥit·taṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4288: 1) destruction, ruin, terror, a breaking 1a) terror, dismay, object of terror 1b) ruin

of the poor.
דַּלִּ֣ים (dal·lîm)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1800: 1) low, poor, weak, thin, one who is low

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

Young's Literal Translation
The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

New American Standard Bible
The rich man's wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

King James Bible
The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.
Parallel Verses
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.

New American Standard Bible
The rich man's wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A rich man's wealth is his fortified city; the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

International Standard Version
The rich hide within the fortress that is their wealth, but the poor are dismayed due to 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.

American Standard Version
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction 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.

Young's Literal Translation
The wealth of the rich is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
















Cross References
Job 31:24
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

Psalm 52:7
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Proverbs 18:11
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

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 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Proverbs 10:16
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

Proverbs 10:17
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

Proverbs 10:18
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
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