Proverbs 18:11
The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
Young's Literal Translation
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
10A tower of strength [is] the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.
12Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour [is] humility.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:31For not as our Rock [is] their rock, (And our enemies [are] judges!)
Psalms 49:6Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
Psalms 52:5Also — God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.
Proverbs 28:11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
Jeremiah 9:22Speak thus — an affirmation of Jehovah, And fallen hath the carcase of man, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering.
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 →