Proverbs 10:15

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The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

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  • Prov 18:11 : 11 The wealth of the rich is like their fortified city; they imagine it is a wall too high to scale.
  • Prov 19:7 : 7 All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him. He pursues them with words, but they are not there.
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.
  • Mark 10:24 : 24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, 'Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!'
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”'
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poor are hated even by their own neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my security, 25 if I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had obtained much,
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 Why should I fear in evil days, when iniquity surrounds me, at my heels?
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate. 23 For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.
  • Eccl 7:12 : 12 For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its possessor.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 But let the one who boasts boast in this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for in these things I delight, declares the Lord.
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it. 2 They covet fields and seize them; they take houses and rob them. They oppress a man and his house, a person and their inheritance.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 18:11
    83%

    11The wealth of the rich is like their fortified city; they imagine it is a wall too high to scale.

  • Prov 14:20
    78%

    20The poor are hated even by their own neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

  • Prov 28:11
    78%

    11A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with understanding will see right through him.

  • Prov 22:16
    78%

    16One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

    8A person's wealth may ransom their life, but the poor hear no threat.

  • Prov 19:4
    77%

    4Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor person is abandoned by their friends.

  • Prov 6:11
    76%

    11and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23An abundance of food may come from the land of the poor, but it is sometimes swept away for lack of justice.

  • Eccl 9:15-16
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    75%

    15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

    16So I said, 'Wisdom is better than strength.' But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.

  • Prov 24:34
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    34and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

    14As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

  • Prov 28:3
    74%

    3A poor man who oppresses the needy is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

  • Prov 28:8
    74%

    8Whoever increases his wealth by charging interest and unfair gain gathers it for one who is kind to the poor.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Job 5:15-16
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    73%

    15He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the strong.

    16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • Prov 10:14
    73%

    14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings about ruin.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in his ways and rich.

  • Jas 1:10
    73%

    10and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.

  • Prov 15:6
    73%

    6The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16The wages of the righteous lead to life, but the income of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 13:11
    73%

    11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • Prov 29:7
    73%

    7The righteous care about the justice of the poor, but the wicked have no understanding of it.

  • Prov 18:23
    73%

    23The poor speak with supplications, but the rich answer harshly.

  • Ps 10:2
    72%

    2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

  • Amos 5:11
    72%

    11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

  • Prov 10:22
    72%

    22The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Jas 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you.

    2Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.

  • Ps 52:7
    72%

    7But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.

  • Prov 28:22
    72%

    22A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

  • Ps 49:6
    72%

    6Why should I fear in evil days, when iniquity surrounds me, at my heels?

  • Prov 11:28
    72%

    28Whoever trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

  • Prov 22:7
    72%

    7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 11:4
    72%

    4Riches do not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Ps 10:10
    72%

    10He crouches, he bows down, and the helpless fall by his strong claws.

  • Job 15:21
    72%

    21Terrifying sounds are in his ears; in prosperity, the destroyer will come upon him.

  • Prov 21:22
    72%

    22A wise person ascends the city of warriors and brings down the fortress in which they trust.

  • Job 20:19
    71%

    19For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house he did not build.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1For the director of music, a psalm of David.

  • Prov 15:25
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    25The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He secures the boundary of the widow.

  • Job 15:28
    71%

    28he will dwell in desolated cities, in houses no one inhabits, destined to become ruins.

  • Prov 28:27
    71%

    27Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

  • Prov 11:11
    71%

    11By the blessing of the upright, a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked, it is torn down.

  • Ps 14:6
    71%

    6You frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.