Proverbs 10:15

הוֹן עָשִׁיר קִרְיַת עֻזּוֹ מְחִתַּת דַּלִּים רֵישָֽׁם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

In Context

14חֲכָמִים יִצְפְּנוּ ־ דָעַת וּפִֽי ־ אֱוִיל מְחִתָּה קְרֹבָֽה ׃

16פְּעֻלַּת צַדִּיק לְחַיִּים תְּבוּאַת רָשָׁע לְחַטָּֽאת ׃

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Cross References

Job 31:24אִם ־ שַׂמְתִּי זָהָב כִּסְלִי וְלַכֶּתֶם אָמַרְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי ׃

Psalms 52:7גַּם ־ אֵל יִתָּצְךָ לָנֶצַח יַחְתְּךָ וְיִסָּחֲךָ מֵאֹהֶל וְשֵֽׁרֶשְׁךָ מֵאֶרֶץ חַיִּים סֶֽלָה ׃

Proverbs 18:11הוֹן עָשִׁיר קִרְיַת עֻזּוֹ וּכְחוֹמָה נִשְׂגָּבָה בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ ׃

Proverbs 22:22אַֽל ־ תִּגְזָל ־ דָּל כִּי דַל ־ הוּא וְאַל ־ תְּדַכֵּא עָנִי בַשָּֽׁעַר ׃

Jeremiah 9:23כִּי אִם ־ בְּזֹאת יִתְהַלֵּל הַמִּתְהַלֵּל הַשְׂכֵּל וְיָדֹעַ אוֹתִי כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה עֹשֶׂה חֶסֶד מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה בָּאָרֶץ כִּֽי ־ בְאֵלֶּה חָפַצְתִּי נְאֻם ־ יְהוָֽה ׃ ס

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 →

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