Proverbs 10:15
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Berean Standard Bible
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 up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
16The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
Cross References
Job 31:24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
Proverbs 18:11A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
Mark 10:24And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter 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 →