Proverbs 18:11
The rich mans riches are his strong citie: and as an hie wall in his imagination.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth vnto it, and is exalted.
12Before destruction the heart of a man is hautie, and before glory goeth lowlines.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:31For their god is not as our God, euen our enemies being iudges.
Psalms 49:6They trust in their goods, and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches.
Psalms 52:5So shall God destroy thee for euer: he shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy tabernacle, and roote thee out of ye land of the liuing. Selah.
Proverbs 10:15The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.
Proverbs 28:11The riche man is wise in his owne conceite: but the poore that hath vnderstanding, can trie him.
Jeremiah 9:22Speake, thus sayth the Lord, The carkeises of men shall lye, euen as the doung vpon the fielde, and as the handfull after the mower, and none shall gather 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 →