Proverbs 18:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
  • Eccl 7:12 : 12 Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
  • Luke 12:19-21 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy. 20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together? 21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.
  • Deut 32:31 : 31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our haters themselves being judges.
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you; 25 If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
  • Ps 49:6-9 : 6 Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores. 7 Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself; 8 (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.) 9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.
  • Ps 52:5-7 : 5 But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.) 6 The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you: 7 See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.
  • Ps 62:10-11 : 10 Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it. 11 Once has God said, twice has it come to my ears, that power is God's:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:15
    83%

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

  • Prov 28:11
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    11 The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

  • Prov 18:12
    76%

    12 Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

  • Ps 49:6
    75%

    6 Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

  • Ps 52:7
    74%

    7 See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

  • Prov 21:22
    74%

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

  • Prov 18:10
    74%

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

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

    8 A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

  • Prov 11:28
    73%

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

  • Jer 9:23
    73%

    23 This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

  • Deut 8:17
    72%

    17 Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.

  • Luke 12:21
    71%

    21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

  • Prov 19:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

    4 Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

  • Prov 13:11
    71%

    11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

  • Ezek 28:5
    71%

    5 By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:

  • Eccl 9:14
    71%

    14 There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

  • Prov 16:18
    71%

    18 Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

  • Prov 14:20
    71%

    20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

  • Ps 39:6
    70%

    6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

  • Jas 1:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10 But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

    11 For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.

  • Ps 62:10
    70%

    10 Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

  • Prov 26:12
    70%

    12 Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

  • Prov 25:28
    70%

    28 He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.

  • Luke 12:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17 And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

    18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

  • Prov 23:4
    69%

    4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

  • Job 27:18
    69%

    18 His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.

  • Prov 29:23
    69%

    23 A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

  • Luke 11:21
    69%

    21 When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe:

  • Nah 2:5
    69%

    5 The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.

  • Prov 22:16
    69%

    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Prov 28:22
    69%

    22 He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

  • Ps 37:16
    69%

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

  • Prov 6:11
    69%

    11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

  • Job 18:7
    69%

    7 The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

  • Jer 22:14
    69%

    14 Who says, I will make a wide house for myself, and rooms of great size, and has windows cut out, and has it roofed with cedar and painted with bright red.

  • Ps 36:2
    69%

    2 For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

  • Hab 2:9
    69%

    9 A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!

  • Eccl 10:6
    69%

    6 The foolish are placed in high positions, but men of wealth are kept low.

  • Prov 28:6
    69%

    6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Prov 11:4
    69%

    4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

  • Prov 18:16
    69%

    16 A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.

  • Prov 28:25
    69%

    25 He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

  • Obad 1:3
    69%

    3 You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth?

  • Eccl 9:16
    69%

    16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

  • Eccl 5:13
    69%

    13 And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

  • Ps 10:2
    69%

    2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.