Proverbs 18:11

American Standard Version (1901)

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.
  • Eccl 7:12 : 12 For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.
  • Luke 12:19-21 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
  • Deut 32:31 : 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence; 25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
  • Ps 49:6-9 : 6 They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him; 8 (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;) 9 That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
  • Ps 52:5-7 : 5 God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {{Selah 6 The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying] , 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
  • Ps 62:10-11 : 10 Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon] . 11 God hath spoken once, Twice have I heard this, That power belongeth unto God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:15
    83%

    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Prov 28:11
    80%

    11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Prov 18:12
    76%

    12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor [goeth] humility.

  • Ps 49:6
    75%

    6They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • Ps 52:7
    74%

    7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Prov 21:22
    74%

    22A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

  • Prov 18:10
    74%

    10The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

    8The ransom of a man's life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.

  • Prov 11:28
    73%

    28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

  • Jer 9:23
    73%

    23Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

  • Deut 8:17
    72%

    17and [lest] thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.

  • Luke 12:21
    71%

    21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • Prov 19:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

    4Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.

  • Prov 13:11
    71%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

  • Ezek 28:5
    71%

    5by thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches;--

  • Eccl 9:14
    71%

    14There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

  • Prov 16:18
    71%

    18Pride [goeth] before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

  • Prov 14:20
    71%

    20The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.

  • Ps 39:6
    70%

    6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • Jas 1:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

    11For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass: and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.

  • Ps 62:10
    70%

    10Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon] .

  • Prov 26:12
    70%

    12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 25:28
    70%

    28He whose spirit is without restraint Is [like] a city that is broken down and without walls.

  • Luke 12:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

    18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.

  • Prov 23:4
    69%

    4Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

  • Job 27:18
    69%

    18He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

  • Prov 29:23
    69%

    23A man's pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

  • Luke 11:21
    69%

    21When the strong [man] fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace:

  • Nah 2:5
    69%

    5He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

  • Prov 22:16
    69%

    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.

  • Prov 28:22
    69%

    22he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

  • Ps 37:16
    69%

    16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Prov 6:11
    69%

    11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Job 18:7
    69%

    7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • Jer 22:14
    69%

    14that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

  • Ps 36:2
    69%

    2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

  • Hab 2:9
    69%

    9Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

  • Eccl 10:6
    69%

    6folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

  • Prov 28:6
    69%

    6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 11:4
    69%

    4Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Prov 18:16
    69%

    16A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

  • Prov 28:25
    69%

    25He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

  • Obad 1:3
    69%

    3The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

  • Eccl 9:16
    69%

    16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

  • Eccl 5:13
    69%

    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

  • Ps 10:2
    69%

    2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.