Proverbs 10:15
The oisherʼs wealth is his strong city; 1 the destruction of the poor ones is their poverty. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
14Chachamim treasure up da'as (knowledge); 1 but the peh (mouth) of the foolish is near destruction. 1
Cross References
Job 31:24If I have made zahav my hope, 1 or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my security, 1
Psalms 52:7El shall likewise demolish thee for netzach (eternity), 1 He shall break thee, and pluck thee out of thy ohel, 1 and uproot thee out of the Eretz Chayyim. 1 Selah 1
Proverbs 18:11The oisherʼs wealth is his strong city, 1 and is a high chomah in his own conceit. 1
Proverbs 22:22Exploit not the dal (poor), because he is dal (poor); 1 neither oppress the oni (afflicted) in the sha'ar, 1
Jeremiah 9:23But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am Hashem Who exercises chesed, mishpat, and tzedakah, on ha'aretz; for in these things I delight, saith Hashem.
Mark 10:24And the talmidim were amazed at his devarim. But again Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach in reply, says to them, Yeladim, how difficult it is to enter into the Malchut Hashem.
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 →