Proverbs 10:15
13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
16 The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- DARBY
- The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- BLB
- The wealth of a rich one [is] the city of his strength; the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.
- ÅB
- Rikmanns gods er hans faste stad; de fattiges armod er deres ødeleggelse.
- OTB
- De rikes rikdom er deres festning, men fattigdom er de fattiges ruin.
- B1930
- Rikmanns gods er hans faste stad; de fattiges armod er deres ødeleggelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 18:11
A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
Read in contextProverbs 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.
Read in contextProverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
Read in contextPsalms 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.”
Read in contextEcclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
Read in contextProverbs 22:22–23
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
Read in contextMicah 2:1–2
Woe 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.
Read in contextJob 31:24–25
If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
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