Proverbs 10:15
The wealth that rich people have protects them like a city is protected by a strong wall around it [MET], but people who are poor suffer much because they have no one to help them.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
In Context
Cross References
Job 31:24“If it were true that I trusted in my gold/money [DOU],
Psalms 52:7“Look what happened to the man who would not ask God to protect him; he trusted that his great wealth would save him; he trusted in the money that he got by wickedly taking it from others!”
Proverbs 18:11Rich people are protected because they have a lot of money [PRS] like a city is protected because it has a high wall surrounding it [SIM].
Proverbs 22:22It is easy to rob poor people who are helpless and cannot defend themselves, but never do that; and do not oppress in court those who are needy/afflicted,
Jeremiah 9:23Yahweh says this: “Wise men should not boast about their being wise, strong men should not boast about their being strong; and rich people should not boast about their being rich.
Mark 10:24The disciples were surprised at what he said. They thought that God favored the rich people, so if God did not save them, he would not save anyone. So Jesus replied again to them, “My dear friends, it is very difficult for anyone to decide to let God rule his life.
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 →