Proverbs 18:11
A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
Berean Standard Bible
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 strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Proverbs 28:11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
Jeremiah 9:22Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with 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 →