Proverbs 18:11
Rich 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].
Translation for Translators
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
12Proud people are on the road to being ruined, but being humble leads to being honored.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:31Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis.
Psalms 49:6by evil men who trust that things will always go well for them because they are wealthy, and who boast about being very rich.
Psalms 52:5But God will get rid of you forever; he will grab you and drag you from your home and take you away from this world where people are alive. (Think about that!)
Proverbs 10:15The 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.
Proverbs 28:11Many rich people think that they are wise, but poor people who have good sense will find out whether rich people really are wise or not.
Jeremiah 9:22There will be corpses scattered across the fields like dung; their dead bodies will lie there like [SIM] grain that has been cut by reapers/farmers, and there will be no one still alive to bury them.
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 →