Proverbs 18:11
The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength, || And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
Literal Standard 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 YHWH [is] a tower of strength, || The righteous runs into it, and is set on high.
12The heart of man is high before destruction, || And humility [is] before honor.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock [is] not as our Rock || (And our enemies [are] judges!)
Psalms 49:6Those trusting on their wealth, || And in the multitude of their riches, || Show themselves foolish.
Psalms 52:5Also—God breaks you down forever, || Takes you, and pulls you out of the tent, || And He has uprooted you || Out of the land of the living. Selah.
Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, || The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.
Proverbs 28:11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, || And the intelligent poor searches him.
Jeremiah 9:22Speak thus, “A declaration of YHWH, || And the carcass of man has fallen, || As dung on the face of the field, || And as a handful after the reaper, || And there is none gathering.”
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 →