Proverbs 10:15
The wealth of the rich provides them protection, while the poverty of the poor ruins them.
Free Bible 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
14Wise people accumulate knowledge, but the chattering of stupid people is a prelude to disaster.
16If you do right you're rewarded with life, but if you're wicked all you gain is sin.
Cross References
Job 31:24Have I put my trust in gold, calling fine gold, ‘My security’?
Psalms 52:7“See what happens to those who don't go to God for help but instead rely on their great wealth and strength—which only brings their destruction!”
Proverbs 18:11Rich people see their wealth as a fortified town—it's like a high wall in their imagination.
Proverbs 22:22For you shouldn't steal from the poor just because they're poor; and you shouldn't crush those with limited means in court,
Jeremiah 9:23This is what the Lord says: The wise shouldn't boast about their wisdom. The strong shouldn't boast about their strength. The rich shouldn't boast about their riches.
Mark 10:24The disciples were shocked at this. But Jesus went on, “My friends, it is difficult to enter God's kingdom.
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 →