the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Proverbs 10:15
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The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Having lots of money protects the rich, but having no money destroys the poor.
The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.
The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The rich man's wealth is his fortress; The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
The catel of a riche man is the citee of his strengthe; the drede of pore men is the nedynesse of hem.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Great wealth can be a fortress, but poverty is no protection at all.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.
The wealth of the rich is his fortified city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Wealth protects the rich, but poverty destroys the poor.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
The rich mans wealth is his strong citie: the destruction of the poore is their pouertie.
The riches of a rich man are his strength, but the need of the poor is what destroys them.
The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.
The rich mens wealth is their strong cities; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Wealth protects the rich; poverty destroys the poor.
The substance of the rich, is his strong city, the terror of the poor, is their poverty.
The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.
A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
The riche mans goodes are his strong holde: but their owne pouertie feareth the poore.
The wealth of rich men is a strong city; but poverty is the ruin of the ungodly.
The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.
The rich mas goodes are his stroge holde, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.
The wealth of the rich is their bastion; the poverty of the indigent is their ruin.
The rich person's wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
The rich man's wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city,The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
rich: Proverbs 18:11, Job 31:24, Job 31:25, Psalms 49:6, Psalms 52:7, Ecclesiastes 7:12, Jeremiah 9:23, Mark 10:24, Luke 12:19, 1 Timothy 6:17
the destruction: Proverbs 14:20, Proverbs 19:7, Proverbs 22:22, Proverbs 22:23, Micah 2:1, Micah 2:2
Reciprocal: Proverbs 11:28 - that Proverbs 12:12 - net Proverbs 19:4 - the poor Ecclesiastes 9:16 - the poor Jeremiah 49:4 - trusted
Cross-References
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, 1 Chronicles 1:6">[fn] and Togarmah.
Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth;
the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed.
These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.
And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
Arphaxad begot Salah, Luke 3:35-36).">[fn] and Salah begot Eber.
Then Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
"Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the sea; He shall become a haven for ships, And his border shall adjoin Sidon.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city,.... What a fortified city is to persons in time of war, that is a rich man's wealth to him; by it he can defend himself from the injuries of others, and support himself and family in times of public calamity; for money is a defence, and answers all things, Ecclesiastes 7:12. Or his wealth is so in his own apprehension and conceit; he puts his trust and confidence in it, and thinks himself safe and secure by it; when he is trusting to uncertain riches, which will fail him; these may fly away from him in life, and leave him exposed to distress and danger; and, however, will not secure him at death from the wrath of God and everlasting destruction. Or he is lifted up with his riches, is in high spirits, and despises others; thinking himself safe, as in a strong castle, and fears nothing, distresses, diseases, or death;
the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty: or their poverty is their consternation, as the word h signifies, it frightens them; they, knowing their circumstances, are afraid of everybody and of every thing; not being able to defend themselves against their enemies, or support themselves in times of public calamity, as war, famine, or pestilence.
h מחתה "consternatio", Mercerus, Gejerus, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Destruction - That which crushes, throws into ruins. Wealth secures its possessors against many dangers; poverty exposes men to worse evils than itself, meanness, servility, and cowardice. Below the surface there lies, it may be, a grave irony against the rich; see Proverbs 18:11.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 10:15. The rich man's wealth is his strong city — Behold a mystery in providence; there is not a rich man on earth but becomes such by means of the poor! Property comes from the labour of the poor, and the king himself is served of the field. How unjust, diabolically so, is it to despise or oppress those by whose labour all property is acquired!
The destruction of the poor is their poverty. — A man in abject poverty never arises out of this pit. They have no nucleus about which property may aggregate. The poet spoke well: -
Haud facile emergunt, quorum virtutibus obstat
Res angusta domi.
"They rarely emerge from poverty, whose exertions
are cramped by want at home."
