Proverbs 10:15
The wealth of the rich man is his strong town: the terror of the poor is their poverty.
Leeser Tanakh
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 men treasure up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an approaching terror.
16The labor of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the product of the wicked is for sin.
Cross References
Job 31:24If I have made gold my confidence, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my trust:
Psalms 52:7(52:9) “Lo, this is the man that made not God his fortress; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, relied proudly on his mischievous wickedness.”
Proverbs 18:11The rich man's wealth is his strong town, and as a towering wall in his own conceit.
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither crush the afflicted in the gate;
Jeremiah 9:23(9:22) Thus hath said the Lord, Let not the wise glorify himself in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glorify himself in his might, let not the rich glorify himself in his riches;
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 →