Proverbs 18:10
The name of LORD is a strong tower. A righteous man runs into it, and is safe.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
In Context
9He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.
11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.
Cross References
Genesis 17:1And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am God Almighty, walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Genesis 32:28And he said, Thy name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for thou have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.
Exodus 6:3And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but I was not known to them by my name LORD.
1 Samuel 17:45Then David said to the Philistine, Thou come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin, but I come to thee in the name of LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou have defied.
2 Samuel 22:3God, my rock, in him I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior. Thou save me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:51He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:10
Folly and Pride Exposed. 9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Note, 1. Prodigality is very bad husbandry. Those are not only justly branded as fools among men, but will give an uncomfortable account to God of the talents they are entrusted with, who are wasters of their estates, who live above what they have, spend and give more than they can afford, and so, in effect, throw away what they have, and suffer it to run to waste. 2. Idleness is no better. He that is remiss… Read the whole commentary →