Proverbs 18:11
The substance of the wealthy is the city of his strength, and it is like a strong wall encircling him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
In Context
10The name of the Lord is a very strong tower. The just one rushes to it, and he shall be exalted.
12The heart of a man is exalted before it is crushed and humbled before it is glorified.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:31For our God is not like their gods. And our enemies are judges.
Psalms 49:6And the heavens will announce his justice. For God is the judge.
Psalms 52:5Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?
Proverbs 10:15The substance of the rich is the city of his strength. The fear of the poor is their destitution.
Proverbs 28:11The rich one seems wise to himself. But the poor one, being prudent, shall evaluate him.
Jeremiah 9:22“Speak: Thus says the Lord: And the corpses of men will fall like manure over the face of the countryside, and like hay behind the back of the reaper, and there will be no one to gather it.”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:11
10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Here is, 1. God's sufficiency for the saints: His name is a strong tower for them, in which they may take rest when they are weary and take sanctuary when they are pursued, where they may be lifted up above their enemies and fortified against them. There is enough in God, and in the discoveries which he has made of himself to us, to make us easy at all times. The wealth laid up in this tower is enough to enrich them, to be a… Read the whole commentary →