Proverbs 18:10
Yahweh [MTY] is like a strong tower [MET]; righteous people can go to him and be safe like they can run to a tower to be safe.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
In Context
9People who are lazy while they work are just as bad as [IDM] those who destroy things.
Cross References
Genesis 17:1When Abram was 99 years old, Yahweh appeared to him again and said to him, “I am God Almighty. I want you to live in a way that I will regard you as someone that cannot be criticized.
Genesis 32:28The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will be Israel, which means ‘he struggles with God’, because you have struggled with God and with people, and you have won.”
Exodus 6:3I am the one who appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and told them that I was God Almighty, but I did not tell them that my name was Yahweh.
1 Samuel 17:45David replied, “You are coming to me with a sword and a dagger and a spear. But I am coming to you ◄in the name/with the authority► of almighty Yahweh. He is the God whom the army of Israel worships, and he is the God whom you have defied/ridiculed.
2 Samuel 22:3Yahweh, you protect me; you are like a shield; you are the powerful one [MET] who saves me; you are like a place where I ◄find refuge/am safe►. You save me from those who act violently toward me.
2 Samuel 22:51You enable me, whom you appointed to be king, to powerfully conquer my enemies; you faithfully love me, David, and you will love my descendants forever.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:10
Folly and Pride Exposed. 9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Note, 1. Prodigality is very bad husbandry. Those are not only justly branded as fools among men, but will give an uncomfortable account to God of the talents they are entrusted with, who are wasters of their estates, who live above what they have, spend and give more than they can afford, and so, in effect, throw away what they have, and suffer it to run to waste. 2. Idleness is no better. He that is remiss… Read the whole commentary →