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Proverbs 18:10
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The name of the Lord is a strong tower;the righteous run to it and are protected.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: The righteous run to him, and are safe.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous runs into it and is safe.
The Lord is like a strong tower; those who do right can run to him for safety.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous runs to it and is safe and set on high [far above evil].
The name of Yahweh is a strong tower: The righteous run to him, and are safe.
The Name of the Lorde is a strong tower: the righteous runneth vnto it, and is exalted.
The name of Yahweh is a strong tower;The righteous runs into it and is set securely on high.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
The Lord is a mighty tower where his people can run for safety—
The name of Adonai is a strong tower; a righteous person runs to it and is raised high [above danger].
The name of Jehovah is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
The name of the Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for protection.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous and the mighty run into it.
The Lord is like a strong tower, where the righteous can go and be safe.
A tower of strength is the name of Yahweh; into him the righteous will run and be safe.
The name of Jehovah is a tower of strength, the righteous runs into it and is set on high.
The name of ye LORDE is a stronge castell, ye righteous flyeth vnto it, and shalbe saued.
The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is set up on high.
The name of the Lord is a a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
The name of the Lorde is a strong castell, the righteous runneth vnto it and is in safegarde.
The name of the Lord is of great strength; and the righteous running to it are exalted.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
A strongeste tour is the name of the Lord; a iust man renneth to hym, and schal be enhaunsid.
The name of Yahweh is a strong tower; The righteous runs into it, and is safe.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
The name of the Lord is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.
The name of the Lord is a strong fortress; the godly run to him and are safe.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower. The man who does what is right runs into it and is safe.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.
A tower of strength, is the Name of Yahweh, thereinto, runneth the righteous, and is safe.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
A tower of strength [is] the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous runs into it and is safe.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
name: Genesis 17:1, Exodus 3:13-15, Exodus 6:3, Exodus 34:5-7, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 57:15, Jeremiah 23:6, Matthew 1:23, Revelation 1:8
a strong: 2 Samuel 22:3, 2 Samuel 22:51, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 61:3, Psalms 61:4, Psalms 91:2, Psalms 144:2, Isaiah 26:4
the righteous: Genesis 32:11, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:29, 1 Samuel 30:6, 2 Samuel 22:45-47, Psalms 56:3, Psalms 56:4
safe: Heb. set aloft, Psalms 91:14, Habakkuk 3:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 7:1 - Come Leviticus 26:5 - dwell Deuteronomy 33:27 - refuge 1 Samuel 17:45 - in the name 1 Kings 20:22 - strengthen 1 Chronicles 6:54 - castles 2 Chronicles 14:11 - rest on thee Psalms 3:5 - the Psalms 9:9 - The Lord Psalms 9:10 - know Psalms 20:1 - name Psalms 27:5 - hide Psalms 46:1 - refuge Psalms 52:9 - wait Psalms 71:3 - my strong habitation Psalms 143:9 - flee unto thee Proverbs 14:26 - his Proverbs 27:12 - General Proverbs 29:25 - whoso Ecclesiastes 7:12 - wisdom Isaiah 4:6 - tabernacle Isaiah 8:14 - he shall be Isaiah 14:32 - trust in it Isaiah 26:20 - enter Isaiah 33:16 - shall dwell Jeremiah 16:19 - my strength Ezekiel 11:16 - as a Daniel 6:23 - because Joel 3:16 - hope Nahum 1:7 - strong hold Habakkuk 3:4 - the hiding Zephaniah 2:3 - hid John 17:11 - thine 2 Corinthians 4:8 - yet Ephesians 6:16 - the shield
Cross-References
But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.
He said, "Master, if it please you, stop for a while with your servant. I'll get some water so you can wash your feet. Rest under this tree. I'll get some food to refresh you on your way, since your travels have brought you across my path." They said, "Certainly. Go ahead."
The men said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" He said, "In the tent."
God said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh saying, ‘Me? Have a baby? An old woman like me?' Is anything too hard for God ? I'll be back about this time next year and Sarah will have a baby."
Sarah lied. She said, "I didn't laugh," because she was afraid. But he said, "Yes you did; you laughed."
When the men got up to leave, they set off for Sodom. Abraham walked with them to say good-bye.
Then God said, "Shall I keep back from Abraham what I'm about to do? Abraham is going to become a large and strong nation; all the nations of the world are going to find themselves blessed through him. Yes, I've settled on him as the one to train his children and future family to observe God 's way of life, live kindly and generously and fairly, so that God can complete in Abraham what he promised him."
But the angel reassured him, "Don't fear, Zachariah. Your prayer has been heard. Elizabeth, your wife, will bear a son by you. You are to name him John. You're going to leap like a gazelle for joy, and not only you—many will delight in his birth. He'll achieve great stature with God. "He'll drink neither wine nor beer. He'll be filled with the Holy Spirit from the moment he leaves his mother's womb. He will turn many sons and daughters of Israel back to their God. He will herald God's arrival in the style and strength of Elijah, soften the hearts of parents to children, and kindle devout understanding among hardened skeptics—he'll get the people ready for God." Zachariah said to the angel, "Do you expect me to believe this? I'm an old man and my wife is an old woman." But the angel said, "I am Gabriel, the sentinel of God, sent especially to bring you this glad news. But because you won't believe me, you'll be unable to say a word until the day of your son's birth. Every word I've spoken to you will come true on time—God's time." Meanwhile, the congregation waiting for Zachariah was getting restless, wondering what was keeping him so long in the sanctuary. When he came out and couldn't speak, they knew he had seen a vision. He continued speechless and had to use sign language with the people. When the course of his priestly assignment was completed, he went back home. It wasn't long before his wife, Elizabeth, conceived. She went off by herself for five months, relishing her pregnancy. "So, this is how God acts to remedy my unfortunate condition!" she said. In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the Galilean village of Nazareth to a virgin engaged to be married to a man descended from David. His name was Joseph, and the virgin's name, Mary. Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her: Good morning! You're beautiful with God's beauty, Beautiful inside and out! God be with you. She was thoroughly shaken, wondering what was behind a greeting like that. But the angel assured her, "Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and call his name Jesus. He will be great, be called ‘Son of the Highest.' The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David; He will rule Jacob's house forever— no end, ever, to his kingdom." Mary said to the angel, "But how? I've never slept with a man." The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God. "And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone called her barren, and here she is six months pregnant! Nothing, you see, is impossible with God." And Mary said, Yes, I see it all now: I'm the Lord's maid, ready to serve. Let it be with me just as you say. Then the angel left her. Mary didn't waste a minute. She got up and traveled to a town in Judah in the hill country, straight to Zachariah's house, and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby in her womb leaped. She was filled with the Holy Spirit, and sang out exuberantly, You're so blessed among women, and the babe in your womb, also blessed! And why am I so blessed that the mother of my Lord visits me? The moment the sound of your greeting entered my ears, The babe in my womb skipped like a lamb for sheer joy. Blessed woman, who believed what God said, believed every word would come true! And Mary said, I'm bursting with God-news; I'm dancing the song of my Savior God. God took one good look at me, and look what happened— I'm the most fortunate woman on earth! What God has done for me will never be forgotten, the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others. His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him. He bared his arm and showed his strength, scattered the bluffing braggarts. He knocked tyrants off their high horses, pulled victims out of the mud. The starving poor sat down to a banquet; the callous rich were left out in the cold. He embraced his chosen child, Israel; he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high. It's exactly what he promised, beginning with Abraham and right up to now. Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months and then went back to her own home. When Elizabeth was full-term in her pregnancy, she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives, seeing that God had overwhelmed her with mercy, celebrated with her. On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling him Zachariah after his father. But his mother intervened: "No. He is to be called John." "But," they said, "no one in your family is named that." They used sign language to ask Zachariah what he wanted him named. Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God! A deep, reverential fear settled over the neighborhood, and in all that Judean hill country people talked about nothing else. Everyone who heard about it took it to heart, wondering, "What will become of this child? Clearly, God has his hand in this." Then Zachariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he came and set his people free. He set the power of salvation in the center of our lives, and in the very house of David his servant, Just as he promised long ago through the preaching of his holy prophets: Deliverance from our enemies and every hateful hand; Mercy to our fathers, as he remembers to do what he said he'd do, What he swore to our father Abraham— a clean rescue from the enemy camp, So we can worship him without a care in the world, made holy before him as long as we live. And you, my child, "Prophet of the Highest," will go ahead of the Master to prepare his ways, Present the offer of salvation to his people, the forgiveness of their sins. Through the heartfelt mercies of our God, God's Sunrise will break in upon us, Shining on those in the darkness, those sitting in the shadow of death, Then showing us the way, one foot at a time, down the path of peace. The child grew up, healthy and spirited. He lived out in the desert until the day he made his prophetic debut in Israel.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The name of the Lord [is] a strong tower,.... By "the name of the Lord" may be meant, either the attributes and perfections of God, by which he is made known, and which are the strength and security of his people; his goodness, grace, and mercy, are their defence; his favour encompasses them about, as a shield; his justice protects them from all injuries and insults; his truth and faithfulness preserve them; they are kept by his power, as in a garrison; and his unchangeableness is a reason why they are not consumed: or else the Lord himself; his name is put for himself, Psalms 20:1; and may be well interpreted of the Messiah, as it is by the ancient Jew, q; in and by whom God is manifested unto men as the God of grace; in whom he proclaims his name, a God gracious and merciful; whose name is in him, and who has the same nature and perfections with him; his name is Jehovah, our righteousness; Immanuel, God with us; the mighty God, and Prince of peace; and who is called Jesus, because he saves his people from their sins, and so is their security from eternal destruction. What a strong tower is to them that are within it, against an enemy without, that is the power, strength, and might of Christ to his people; as a divine Person, he is strong and mighty, the most mighty, the Almighty; as man, he is the man of God's right hand, made strong for himself and us; as Mediator, he has all power in heaven and earth: in him is everlasting strength for his people; he is their Betzer, their fortified place, or city of refuge, to flee unto on all occasions; he is the strong hold, whither prisoners of hope are directed to turn to; he is their place of defence, and the munition of rocks; a strong tower, inexpugnable; so deeply founded, no enemy can work under it; and plant a mine to blow it up; so highly built; no scaling ladders can reach it; so fortified, no cannon balls can break through it, or demolish any of its walls and bulwarks, which are his salvation; the gates of hell cannot prevail against it; it is not to be taken by storm, or by the most violent attack of the whole posse of men and devils;
the righteous runneth into it; not self-righteous persons, they run from Christ and his righteousness, not to him and that; but such who see their own righteousness will not justify them; who indeed are sinners, know and acknowledge themselves to be such; as sinners go to Christ, who, as such, receives them; and these are righteous through the righteousness of Christ imputed to them, and live soberly, righteously, and godly: and it is the continual business or employment of their faith to betake themselves to Christ upon all occasions; they are continually coming to him, and exercising faith upon him, as the Lord their righteousness, which is meant by "running" to him; this supposes knowledge of him, as the strong tower and city of refuge; of the way unto him, and of the reception by him which may be expected; it supposes a principle of spiritual life, and some degree of spiritual strength; a sense of danger or of want in themselves, and of safety and fulness in Christ; it is expressive of haste, readiness, and cheerfulness, and is owing to the drawings of efficacious grace;
and such an one that thus runs
is safe; from the avenging justice of God; from the curse and condemnation of the law; from sin, and all its dreadful consequences; from Satan, and all spiritual enemies; from wrath to come, hell, and the second death: or is "set aloft" r; is on high; for this tower, as it is a strong one, it is a high one; a rock of refuge, higher than men, or angels, or heaven itself; and such who are in it are out of the reach of all danger and every enemy.
q Midrash Tillim in Psal. xviii. 50. fol. 18. 1. r ונשגב "et exaltabitur", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Gejerus; "erit in loco alto et tuto", Vatablus; "et exaltatur", Michaelis; "in celsoque aget", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Safe - literally, as in the margin i. e., is exalted. Compare Psalms 18:2, Psalms 18:33.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 18:10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower — The name of the Lord may be taken for the Lord himself; he is a strong tower, a refuge, and place of complete safety, to all that trust in him. What a strong fortress is to the besieged, the like is God to his persecuted, tempted, afflicted followers.
