Proverbs 18:11
הוֹן עָשִׁיר קִרְיַת עֻזּוֹ וּכְחוֹמָה נִשְׂגָּבָה בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
10מִגְדַּל ־ עֹז שֵׁם יְהוָה בּֽוֹ ־ יָרוּץ צַדִּיק וְנִשְׂגָּֽב ׃
12לִפְנֵי ־ שֶׁבֶר יִגְבַּהּ לֵב ־ אִישׁ וְלִפְנֵי כָבוֹד עֲנָוָֽה ׃
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:31כִּי לֹא כְצוּרֵנוּ צוּרָם וְאֹיְבֵינוּ פְּלִילִֽים ׃
Psalms 49:6לָמָּה אִירָא בִּימֵי רָע עֲוֺן עֲקֵבַי יְסוּבֵּֽנִי ׃
Psalms 52:5אָהַבְתָּ רָּע מִטּוֹב שֶׁקֶר ׀ מִדַּבֵּר צֶדֶק סֶֽלָה ׃
Proverbs 10:15הוֹן עָשִׁיר קִרְיַת עֻזּוֹ מְחִתַּת דַּלִּים רֵישָֽׁם ׃
Proverbs 28:11חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו אִישׁ עָשִׁיר וְדַל מֵבִין יַחְקְרֶֽנּוּ ׃
Jeremiah 9:22כֹּה ׀ אָמַר יְהוָה אַל ־ יִתְהַלֵּל חָכָם בְּחָכְמָתוֹ וְאַל ־ יִתְהַלֵּל הַגִּבּוֹר בִּגְבֽוּרָתוֹ אַל ־ יִתְהַלֵּל עָשִׁיר בְּעָשְׁרֽוֹ ׃
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 →