Proverbs 10:15

In 11 translations

BSB

The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, || The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.

YLT

The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.

DBY

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

DRC

The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.

GNV

The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.

JPS

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

LXXE

The wealth of rich men is a strong city; but poverty is the ruin of the ungodly.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

ה֣וֹן עָ֭שִׁיר קִרְיַ֣ת עֻזּ֑וֹ מְחִתַּ֖ת דַּלִּ֣ים רֵישָֽׁם׃

LXX-Br

Κτῆσις πλουσίων πόλις ὀχυρὰ, συντριβὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πενία.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 18:11A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
• Proverbs 19:7All 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.
• Proverbs 14:20The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
• Psalms 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 22:22–23Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
• Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
• Mark 10:24And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
• Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
• Micah 2:1–2Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of…
• Job 31:24–25If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security, if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
• 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
• Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
• Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

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