Proverbs 18:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 22:3 : 3 My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.
  • Isa 26:4 : 4 Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.
  • Ps 91:2 : 2 Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.
  • Ps 144:2 : 2 He is my strength, and my Rock; my high tower, and my saviour; my keeper and my hope: he gives me authority over my people.
  • Ps 61:3-4 : 3 For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me. 4 I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)
  • Ps 18:2 : 2 The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
  • Ps 27:1 : 1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
  • 2 Sam 22:45-47 : 45 Men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority: from the time when my name comes to their ears, they will be ruled by me. 46 They will be wasted away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear. 47 The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured:
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.
  • Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And the Lord came down in the cloud and took his place by the side of Moses, and Moses gave worship to the name of the Lord. 6 And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith; 7 Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.
  • Gen 32:28-29 : 28 And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome. 29 Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.
  • Gen 32:11 : 11 Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.
  • 2 Sam 22:51 : 51 Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
  • Ps 56:3-4 : 3 In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you. 4 In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
  • Jer 23:6 : 6 In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,
  • Exod 3:13-15 : 13 And Moses said to God, When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you: and they say to me, What is his name? what am I to say to them? 14 And God said to him, I AM WHAT I AM: and he said, Say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. 15 And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations.
  • Exod 6:3 : 3 I let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God, the Ruler of all; but they had no knowledge of my name Yahweh.
  • Hab 3:19 : 19 The Lord God is my strength, and he makes my feet like roes' feet, guiding me on my high places. For the chief music-maker on corded instruments.
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.
  • Ps 91:14 : 14 Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 18:2
    74%

    2The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  • Prov 18:11
    74%

    11The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.

  • Prov 14:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

    27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.

  • Prov 28:1
    72%

    1The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

  • Ps 9:9
    71%

    9The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

  • Ps 37:39
    71%

    39But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

  • Ps 18:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.

    30As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

  • Ps 118:20
    71%

    20This is the door of the Lord's house; the workers of righteousness will go in through it.

  • Ps 91:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;

    2Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.

  • Ps 61:3
    70%

    3For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.

  • Ps 94:22
    70%

    22But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.

  • Prov 10:29
    70%

    29The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

  • 2 Sam 22:3
    70%

    3My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.

  • Prov 2:7
    70%

    7He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

  • 2 Sam 22:31
    69%

    31As for God, his way is all good: the word of the Lord is tested; he is a safe cover for all those who put their faith in him.

  • Prov 11:28
    69%

    28He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Prov 18:9
    69%

    9He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

  • Prov 29:25
    69%

    25The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.

  • Isa 33:6
    69%

    6And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.

  • Ps 118:15
    69%

    15The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.

  • Ps 11:1
    69%

    1<For the chief music-maker. Of David.> In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?

  • Nah 1:7
    69%

    7The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.

  • Ps 144:2
    69%

    2He is my strength, and my Rock; my high tower, and my saviour; my keeper and my hope: he gives me authority over my people.

  • Prov 3:26
    69%

    26For the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net.

  • Prov 30:5
    69%

    5Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.

  • Ps 91:9
    69%

    9Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place;

  • Prov 1:33
    69%

    33But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.

  • Amos 5:9
    69%

    9Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.

  • Prov 10:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

    16The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Ps 31:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

    2Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

  • Prov 21:22
    68%

    22A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.

  • Ps 71:3
    68%

    3Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.

  • Ps 118:8
    68%

    8It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man.

  • Ps 46:1
    68%

    1<To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

  • Ps 48:3
    68%

    3In its buildings God is seen to be a high tower.

  • Ps 5:11
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    11But let all those who put their faith in you be glad with cries of joy at all times, and let all the lovers of your name be glad in you.

  • Ps 20:1
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    1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> May the Lord give ear to you in the day of trouble; may you be placed on high by the name of the God of Jacob;

  • Ps 14:6
    68%

    6You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.

  • Ps 16:1
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    1<Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.

  • Ps 18:32
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    32God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.

  • Ps 115:11
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    11You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

  • Ps 40:4
    68%

    4Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

  • Ps 37:16
    68%

    16The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

  • Ps 34:17
    67%

    17The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

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    19Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.