Proverbs 10:15
The substance of the rich is the city of his strength. The fear of the poor is their destitution.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
In Context
14The wise store away knowledge. But the mouth of the foolish is a neighbor to confusion.
16The work of the just is unto life. But the fruit of the impious is unto sin.
Cross References
Job 31:24If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold ‘my Trust;’
Psalms 52:7Who will grant from Zion the salvation of Israel? Jacob will exult, when God will convert the captivity of his people; and Israel will rejoice.
Proverbs 18:11The substance of the wealthy is the city of his strength, and it is like a strong wall encircling him.
Proverbs 22:22Do not act with violence toward the pauper because he is poor. And do not weary the needy at the gate.
Jeremiah 9:23Thus says the Lord: “The wise man should not glory in his wisdom, and the strong man should not glory in his strength, and the rich man should not glory in his riches.
Mark 10:24And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus, answering again, said to them: “Little sons, how difficult it is for those who trust in money to enter into the kingdom of God!
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:15
14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. Observe, 1. It is the wisdom of the wise that they treasure up a stock of useful knowledge, which will be their preservation: Wisdom is therefore found in their lips ( v. 13 ), because it is laid up in their hearts, out of which store, like the good householder, they bring things new and old. Whatever knowledge may be at any time useful to us we must lay it up, because we know not but some time or other we may have occasion for it. We… Read the whole commentary →